Article: How baby rabbits tell night from day.

Byline: Alison Motluk

May 15, 2007 (New Scientist - ABIX via COMTEX) -- New research into how baby rabbits feed is quite important. A mother rabbit emits a smell when she is nursing that her babies can smell. It is the nipple search pheromone. A researcher has found that baby rabbits nurse only once a day and drink a huge amount of milk, which makes them grow. Each young bunny wakes up about half an hour before feeding time, which happens at the same time each day. They get restless and when the mother enters the nest, each baby rabbit heads for the nipple, ...

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