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Old 07-05-2009, 09:56 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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"Kate Morgan" wrote:

I always thought that rabbits would give birth in burrows, we have a
fair number in the paddock and they all live in burrows.



American rabbits often nest in sheltered depressions in the ground and in
brushpiles. Both are pretty exposed; we used to have a cat who in the
spring bunny season would go out in the morning and return in a few minutes
with a teenage rabbit for breakfast.


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