![]() While we may have used wild rabbits as a way of illustrating the behavior of bunnies, you may wonder if their domesticated counterparts are also crepuscular. Domesticated rabbits are also crepuscular Check this video out if you want to know more about their crepuscular behavior. In that regard, bunnies are not nocturnal and are crepuscular. However, when the sun is already high up or when it has already set, rabbits are quick to retreat back to their burrows underground to sleep and rest or to eat whatever food they have in store. They are also more active in looking for food during dusk and dawn. However, even if there are predators that are active during dusk or dawn, it will be easier for the rabbits to spot them when the sun is low.ĭue to their crepuscular behavior, rabbits come out of their burrows to play and socialize with one another during such times. There are not a lot of predators that also follow crepuscular behavior. Rabbits have developed the habit of being crepuscular due to how they try to avoid predators that are active during either daytime or nighttime. What being crepuscular means is that rabbits are more active during dusk and dawn instead of simply choosing to be active when the sun is out or when the conditions are already dark. Instead, they follow a behavior that is known as crepuscular. As such, rabbits still cannot guarantee themselves to be safe at night because of how there are a lot of predators that are well-equipped to hunt better during the dark.īecause of that, rabbits in the wild are not known to be diurnal and are not also nocturnal. However, some birds of prey and large cats are also active during the night. ![]() If rabbits wanted to avoid getting eaten by large monitor lizards that are usually diurnal, they might follow a nocturnal habit. ![]() But that is too easy to say than to do for rabbits because of how they are hunted and preyed on by all sorts of predators. This means that they will try to avoid going out of their holes when they believe that there are still plenty of different predators out there looking and hunting for food. Rabbits are known to be more active during the times when their predators are not. One way of doing so is to make sure that they avoid going out during the times at which predators are often active. And because rabbits are easy to breed due to how quick they are to reproduce, humans have come to breed rabbits specifically for their meat.īut rabbits, over their thousands of years of existence, have learned to adapt to their status as prey items and have learned to behave in such a way that will allow them to survive in the wild even though they are usually some of the top choices for different predators. Moreover, humans also feed on rabbit meat either as a substitute for regular meat or as a delicacy in different places all over the world. ![]() That is why you often see predators such as big cats, wolves, foxes, birds of prey, large monitor lizards, and snakes hunting rabbits and make them a part of their regular diet.įrom that, you can safely assume that rabbits are indeed near the bottom of the food chain in the wild because of how a lot of different predators hunt them and eat them. On top of that, rabbit meat also contains a good combination of protein and fat that predators need to keep themselves strong and healthy. They are of the right size for different carnivores in all sorts of habitats. In the wild, rabbits tend to be a good source of nourishment for a lot of different predators. This can sometimes make owners wonder if rabbits are diurnal and nocturnal because the time at which they are active tends to be different from other pets. While a lot of owners are used to domesticated animals that are usually diurnal or active during the day such as cats and dogs or even to exotic animals that tend to be nocturnal or active when the sun is already down, rabbits can be a bit different compared to such animals because of their history and place in their natural habitat in the wild. ![]()
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