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Ask HN: What’s stopping bunny population growth?
Rabbits and bunnies have a gestation cycle of 31 days and give birth to 1-12 children. Why aren’t they everywhere? They have no predators in the wild so why isn’t their population exploding?
- sharemywin 4y agowhat do you mean no predators in the wild?
- strangattractor 4y agoThere are very few things that cannot kill and eat a rabbit - cats, coyotes, mountain lions, large raptors maybe some large snakes. Their quick reproduction is probably the only thing keeping them from extinction. In the case of Australia where the predators are insufficient well. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/how-european-rabbits-took-over-australia https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/how-europe...
- lofaszvanitt 4y agoThey are plotting and scheming as they lurk in their burrows. The day of reckoning is looming ever closer. And with the help of celestial entities they gonna be victorious. :DDD
- LinuxBender 4y agoThey have no predators in the wild so why isn’t their population exploding? If a geographic region was devoid of predators but not bunnies, you would see bunnies everywhere. As you state they have a short gestation period. People that raise rabbits have to keep the males and females separated until it is time to breed them. Cities and suburban areas have stray cats and dogs as predators. Rural areas have a wide assortment of predators depending on geographic region.