April 10, 2009
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Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmSlide Show: Rabbits at Risk
What better time than Easter to familiarize yourself with rabbits in danger of extinction
By Coco Ballantyne
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People always make jokes about rabbits and their knack for copious procreation, but don't kid yourself: even energetic bunnies cannot produce offspring indefinitely when they are overhunted or their habitats are destroyed. As it turns out, about 30 percent of rabbit species [nine out of 30] are among the most endangered on Earth, according to Andrew Smith, a conservation biologist at Arizona State University in Tempe.
Look at the slide show and acquaint yourself with a few of them... you may never take a bunny for granted again.
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