click image to examine it more closely
Yup - a rabbit with three years.
One picture of several captured on a trail camera last week.
Someone from Sturgeon Bay submitted a photo of a rabbit
with four ears that was published in the March 19th edition of the
Door County Advocate. It would appear that the peninsula is home to a mutant form of cotton tail rabbit that is well-endowed in the ear department.
Are all of the
ears functional? If so, is a rabbit with multiple ears endowed with
extrasensory hearing powers? With the prolific breeding that is found
in rabbits are there more of them? Inquiring minds want to know.
A rabbit with multiple ears has also been found in California and you can see a video of it here- http://www.maniacworld.com/four-eared-rabbit.html
Extra-ears are inherited as a simple recessive trait and
is also found in cats. There is some
evidence that the four ears mutation might result in a shortened life
expectancy. In any event the rabbit in the picture above is very much alive and I'm thrilled to be witness to such an oddity.
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