The male rabbit is called a buck, the female a doe. The communal group is referred to as a colony. Life span is rarely more than 9 years. The diggers are said to remove obstructive stones with their teeth. Rabbits use their hind feet to drum alarm signals to communal residents when attacked by their chief enemies - man, weasel, rat, buzzard, raven, crow, hawk, sea gull.
Rabbits have a keen sense of smell and hearing.
They vocalize with occasional low grunts and may scream when attacked. Like all lagomorphs, rabbits have an unusual means of obtaining maximum value from food consumed. We have several rabbits in the Children s Zoo. The mother and little ones are always star attractions at petting zoos. Nowak, Ronald and Paradisio, John. 1983.