I mean, they are always at it, it seems that if you put a breeding pair together you'll get hundreds within a few months, so if you seperated newly born rabbits, and brought them back together, will they know that they are related and not mate with each other, or will theu be incestious?
2006-12-12 02:45:45 · 23 answers · asked by Chunkylover53 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
inbreeding (mating between close relatives) only seems to be a problem in humans where the offspring can be seriously deformed or mentally handicapped. In animals this doesn't seem to be a problem, rabbits overbreed as they know there is a high chance of their offspring being eaten or dying from othercauses. any rabbit that is not the "best of the bunch" is more than likely to die. Any negative effects of animals inbreeding usually die before they reach breeding age themselves. incest is a term used for humans but it is the same as inbreeding.
2006-12-12 23:01:11 · answer #1 · answered by Heathmaid S 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They won't know they are related. It is the same with dogs, if they stayed together since they were born then they won't mate, but if you take them apart for a while and bring them back together then they will mate. But to shortin it they will mate, they don't know they are brother and sister. This could happen to any species. Even humans.
2006-12-12 11:25:38 · answer #2 · answered by Math Geek 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've never owned more than one rabbit at a time-however, humans seem to be one of only a few species in the world who aren't incestuous. Think about cats, dogs, sea mammals, etc.
2006-12-12 10:48:41 · answer #3 · answered by mybootyisthatbig79 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rabbits will mate with any other rabbit
( Father Sister Brother and so on)
2006-12-12 10:48:56 · answer #4 · answered by Bella 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep no problem, as soon as they are about a month old, daddy rabbit gets his evil way with little daughter rabbit.
2006-12-12 10:48:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know, yes, rabbits don't care whether another rabbit is their sibling or not in terms of sexual relations.
2006-12-12 10:48:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Animals have incestuous relationships all the time and they don't care who they were raised with. Your rabbits will definately mate if you don't separate them.
2006-12-12 10:49:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yuck, glad I'm not a rabbit!
Anyone believe in reincarnation, if so how do you avoid becoming a rabbit?
2006-12-12 14:15:31 · answer #8 · answered by Cale 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hate to tell you....but Rabbits don't know the difference between brother and sister.A lot of animals are like that....so keep them separated.
2006-12-12 10:49:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes animal will mate with siblings & parents
2006-12-12 10:48:10 · answer #10 · answered by Conservative Texan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋