World's Largest Giant Rabbit
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Giant Rabbits Found in Spain at a time, the rabbit is not the cute little animals, a clever carrot-eating jumping to and fro.
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Nuralgus giant rex rabbit (Livescience.com) |
A paleontologist ( fossil animal and plant sciences ) Spain named Josep Quintana, recently managed to get a fossil giant rabbit named Nuralgus rex , from a rock on the island of Minorca, Spain.
'I took four years to be able to obtain bone samples Nuralgus rex from the hard red stone, "said Quintana, a researcher from the Institute of Paleontology Barcelona, Spain, quoted from the website LiveScience .
Quintana had to use hundreds of liters of acetic acid, vinegar of high concentration to be able to dance the fossil skull of a giant rabbit this. He estimates, these giant rabbits live about 3-5 million years ago.
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| Nuralgus giant rex rabbit (Livescience.com) |
Rabbit has a weight weighing 12 kg, a pair of shorter legs, spine is shorter, so it was hard to jump. 'I think this animal like a rabbit who can walk awkwardly. Think like a beaver out of the water, "said Quintana.
With a small pair of eyes, this rabbit has a vision that is less sharp. Rabbits also do not have the hallmark of a modern rabbit, like big ears. Therefore, he also has a poor hearing
However, this rabbit did not have to worry about predators who could eat them. Rabbits are just next door to kelalawar, dormice (ancient rodent), and a giant tortoise.
Based on the claw-shaped curve, researchers believe that this animal is a wily diggers, and live plants rely on tubers.
'More than 40 million families last year ukran rabbits are known to have approximately the same with modern rabbit. Now the discovery of a giant rabbit adding that there are treasures, "said Mary Dawson, rabbit scientists from Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh.
The discovery of a giant rabbit is in compliance with applicable laws on the island. The law says that the big animal, the longer it will be much smaller, because of dwindling food supplies, while small animals would often be larger, in the absence of predators.
Looking ahead, Quintana will propose that the giant rabbit is a mascot for the island of Minorca. 'I want this giant rabbit attract students and travelers to visit this island,' said he.
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