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Paul Griffin's animal corner "Me and the owls are going out to the barn" #3 - The Angora Rabbit

Chow everyone, and welcome back to another mildly-enthralling edition of "An animal what is kinda good an' that".

This week's topical discussion features the angora rabbit, a little known form of rabbit native to western Europe (or L'Europe Occidentaux as the French call it).

First bred in 1843, by Sir Alfred Winterbottom, by cross-breeding a normal rabbit with a cushion, the sudden emergence of angora rabbits onto the market was a big boom for the rabbit industry, which at the time was losing ground to other more popular rodents such as guinea pigs, gerbils and the common pink hamsters.

Resembling a cushion with a rabbit's face, the angora rabbit is unfortunately becoming extinct after only 150 years of existence.

This is due to an error on the part of us humans, who, in mistaking them for actual cushions, accidentally sit on them, smothering and crushing them to death.

This resulted in the formation of the SSSAR (the Society of Safety from Sitting for Angora Rabbits) which to this days combats the troubles facing the lives of angora rabbits worldwide.

Unfortunately however, the society only has two members, one of which is himself an angora rabbit, and despite the fact that they are a government funded organization, the SSSAR, rarely gets anything done.

Ever.

Although they did organize a table quiz once which did raise 37 English Sterling, good on them.

The Angora Rabbit's diet includes mostly eating lettuce and carrots, and drinking water from a small container usually attached to the side of their cage.

However they do NOT like "Time Out" bars as they play havoc with the Angora Rabbits' digestion.

Angora Rabbits have a life expectancy of around 7 years, depending on whether or not their owners are Ophthalmologically sound.

That is, if they aren't blind enough not to distinguish their rare expensive pet from a cushion.

More information about angora rabbits can be found at the following websites;

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Know what I know

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Learn the ways of the rabbit

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RABBITS RABBITS RABBITS

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God Himself

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That is all for this morning, I hope you enjoyed our little weekly visit through animal land, be sure to catch next weeks train, same animal time, same animal CHANNEL!

Chow Wiedersehen,

Paul Griffin