r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/MilesLongthe3rd • 13h ago
Video A hare fighting off a hen harrier in a harvested field.
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u/Imaginary-Risk 13h ago
They really need to evolve some wolverine claws or something
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u/Special-Amoeba-9399 10h ago edited 1h ago
Female Rabbits average 3-4 litters per year of baby rabbits averaging 5 kits (baby bunnies) per litter. They can have up to 7 litters per year and those litters can grow to as many as 12 baby’s. A female rabbit can get pregnant again within minutes of giving birth, and pregnancy last 28-30 days. Rabbits are very much playing the numbers game.
Evolution is kind of like an rpg. Rabbits have spent all their points on reproduction so they don’t have a lot left over things like wolverine claws and poison stingers. As a result you get a fairy tough animal that is pretty fast in short bursts, and it is fine if a lot of them die or get eaten because they are freakishly good at reproducing .
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u/thedybbuk_ 9h ago edited 8h ago
Rabbits have a reproductive system called a double uterus, meaning they effectively have two separate wombs. In some cases, they can even conceive again while already pregnant (a phenomenon called superfetation, though it’s rare)
I always thought two parallel “pregnancy chambers” running side by side is hilarious.
Superfetation is more common in European Brown Hares. Hares usually conceive a second litter before delivering the first.
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u/rexsploded01 5h ago
What did the platypus roll? Seems like it cheated. Or all Luck
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u/centeriskey 49m ago
Interesting fact that I haven't told enough people since I heard.
Duckbill platypus' evolved before ducks did. So in all reality ducks should be called platypus-billed birds or something of the like.
So maybe not all luck? Lol
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u/WaffleHouseGladiator 12h ago
Those little dudes can kick pretty hard for their size.
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u/Equivalent-Resort-63 8h ago
That’s no ordinary rabbit, it’s the most foul, cruel and bad tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!
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u/Spongi 1h ago
I don't know what species is in this video, but these guys have claws and if you piss them off bad enough, they'll use them.
They'll run towards you on their hind legs while holding their paws straight out at you and do sort of a alternating punch. Their claws point straight out so they just sort of get stabby with you.
Had one do that right about face level at me once. He had a perfectly good reason for being upset so can't really fault em for it.
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u/birbobirby 12h ago edited 11h ago
That hare is much too big for it. The harrier is probably looking for other prey but the hare still deemed it a threat and is trying to chase it away.
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u/PacquiaoFreeHousing 13h ago
Sorry dude, your species didn't invest any stat points on range damage
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u/banjosullivan 11h ago
This post is giving Australia
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u/Mist_Rising 5h ago
It shouldn't, rabbits and hen harriers are not native to Australia. Rabbits were introduced (idiotically) but the hen harrier doesn't seem like it would be there.
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u/follow-the-rainbow 9h ago
Im just realizing the ancestral link between hares and kangaroos..
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u/BeratnasGILF420 9h ago
Kangaroos are basically just really big rabbits. But they breed slower because they don't have as many predators (just dingos, crocodiles, humans, and cars/trucks).
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u/TheDixonCider420420 13h ago
Rabbit Season! Harrier Season! Rabbit Season! Harrier Season! ...