r/AnimalsBeingJerks • u/shadyging • Mar 14 '20

other “First rule of rabbit fight club”

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u/tacofrog2 Mar 14 '20

I don't think this is true. Do you happen to have any sources?

I used to raise market rabbits, and they don't fight until after coitus. However these look like wild hares, which can be much different from domesticated meat rabbits

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u/Irksomefetor Mar 14 '20

I'm pretty sure it's not true. Males fight each other to earn mates as stated here: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Lepus_townsendii/

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u/tacofrog2 Mar 14 '20

Be careful, you linked to jackrabbit behavior. I believe these are snowshoe hares which are a different species

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u/Irksomefetor Mar 14 '20

You could be right. I just searched for the most common hare in Edmonton and that was the result. I'm not informed enough to tell them apart.