Look At That Rabbit

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Look At That Rabbit!

• Kyana, Amber, Andrea, Justin
• Mrs. Nagelhouts Third Grade Class
• Spring 2009

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Table of Contents

• Rabbits Food.1
• Rabbits Home2
• Rabbits Babies..3
• Who Has Big Ears?....4

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Did You Know Rabbits Are Vegetarians?

• Rabbits eat anything like vegetables, flowers,
  and trees. Rabbits like wild strawberries,
  clovers and garden vegetables in the summertime .
  About half of the cottontails food is grass. In
  the summer, rabbits like green plants.

Wild rabbits will eat your pretty flowers and
vegetables and hurt trees.
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Rabbit's Homes

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  Where does a rabbit live? Rabbits live in
  holes in the ground called dens. They dig tunnels
  all over the den. All dens must have 2 ways to
  enter and exit the hole. Rabbit's like to live
  near lots of bushes.

• Hey whos down there?

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Hello! A Baby Rabbit Is Being Born

• Baby rabbits are born from February through
  September. They can have up to two to four babies
  in a litter. All rabbits are born blind and
  helpless. The babies use their legs to crawl .
  Their eyes open in four to five days . The mother
  only feeds her babies twice a day. Female
  rabbits take care of babies for 12 to 15 days.
  The father goes away and never sees their
  babies.

• Baby rabbits playing with their friends.

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WHO HAS BIG EARS?

• Rabbits have excellent hearing because they have
  big ears. Rabbits have good EYESIGHT. They can
  see behind them, in front of them and side to
  side. If you are on a rabbits head they cant
  see you, but they can hear you. The eyes are on
  each side of their head. This helps the rabbit
  see predators while eating grass.

• Rabbits can run away from predators( enemies) by
  running quickly and making sharp turns.

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Glossary

• Clover-A type of plant with three small leaves.
• Cottontail-A type of rabbit.
• Den-A wild animals home.
• Blind-Not able to see.
• Predator-An animal that lives by hunting other
  animals for food.

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Bibliography

• Many of the facts and pictures for this digital
  book were found on the following web sites
• kids.yahoo.com/animals, animaldiversity.ummz.umich
  .edu, www.nationalgeographic.com/animals,
  http//www.naturalia.org/, http//library.thinkque
  st.org/11234/index.html