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Article: Rabbits: Hare Raising!(raising rabbits )
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- Hopscotch
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- February 1, 1999
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Did you know there are 45 breeds of domestic rabbits - that a rabbit has from 22 to 26 teeth? Also did you know that rabbits have five toes on their front feet but only four on their back feet?
Jessica Emrick knows these facts and almost anything else you need to know about raising your hare, uh, rabbit, that is. Jessica is a ten-year-old from Michigan who has raised her own rabbits for the past three years. She enters them in shows and has won many ribbons. Once, she won a trophy.
"I like raising rabbits because they are small and quiet," she says. "The breed I raise is called mini Rex."
The mini Rex is a cross between a Netherland dwarf rabbit ...