This is a question the little girl I nanny for just asked me. It's the one thing she doesn't know about animals. She usually tells me all the facts about them. So anyway, that's my question.
2006-09-01 06:04:55 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
So they can better hear their predators, and because they're CUTE! I'm not sure, but they may also use them to help regulate their temperaturea bit, even though they're warm-blooded.
2006-09-01 06:06:53 · answer #1 · answered by ndtaya 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They have large ears because that is how they cool themselves.
If you look at their ears you will see lots of veins running through them close to the surface. These let their ears act as a radiator for them. Rabbits cant sweet so this helps cool them off.
I raise the breed with the largest ears English Lops. I have one boy that has 25 inch ears from tip to tip.
Hope this helps answer your question.
2006-09-01 12:41:58 · answer #2 · answered by Duke 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This appears like the start of a corny shaggy dog tale. in spite of the shown fact that, the real reason is this: using fact they could't breathe by way of their mouths, believe it or not. this skill that they could't regulate their physique temperature, as canines and different mammals (like us people) do via "panting". Panting is an extremely sturdy way of cooling the physique down after vigourous workout. So, to relax themselves down, rabbits have enormous ears which they could pump blood into, and that facilitates quiet down their physique temperature. They form of artwork like radiators in automobiles. Animals which stay in warm climates, which contain elephants, frequently have enormous ears for the comparable reason, whilst animals that stay in chillier climates tend to have smaller ears. desolate tract foxes have whopping great ears while in comparison with their eu cousins.
2016-10-01 04:28:55 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bunnys don't really have a way to fight their predators so they have to hear them from a long way off to escape. Since their ears are so big they can catch more soundwaves, which is the outer ears' job.
2006-09-03 22:46:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a few reasons. One they help the rabbit regulate their heat, they can use the excess surface area on their ears to help lower their body temperature. It also mainly helps rabbits hear preditors, they can move their ears in many different directions to focus in on sounds from birds and other animals.
2006-09-01 06:42:43 · answer #5 · answered by Lady 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bunny ears are so big because they need to listen out for predators in the wild.
2006-09-01 06:11:17 · answer #6 · answered by James T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rabbits are a highly prized meal in the wild....they have BIG ears to hear and their eyes are on the side of their heads so they can see in back of them as well.
2006-09-01 06:14:30 · answer #7 · answered by Teri 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they don't have any real way of protecting themselves. So when a predator comes to devour them the most they can do is hear them before they get to close and run away.
2006-09-01 06:07:21 · answer #8 · answered by Ricky Roma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rabbits ears r big so they can hear farther away just like their feet help them thump the ground when danger is coming their way so when the rabbits r in danger they can hear the thump of the other rabbits
2006-09-01 06:08:09 · answer #9 · answered by Jessalynn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C'mon why do you think rabbits multiply so fast??? It's obviously a symbol of fertility in the female, and a symbol of virility in the male.
2006-09-01 06:12:50 · answer #10 · answered by snvffy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wild rabbits have to hear very well and also the big ears keep the rabbits cool or warm.
2006-09-01 06:11:21 · answer #11 · answered by lisa s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋