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07 October 2009

Why do bunnies twitch their noses? The faster it wiggles, the more receptors are exposed. When a rabbit is frightened or excited, its nose may twitch 120 times a second.

post by: Claudia_SF at: 19:43 | 10 comments

Awesome!

posted by rhapsodie 07 October | 19:56

The more you know....

I once had a science fiction story where Our Heroes are picked up by an alien ship of blind bunny-like races. All the technology was done via scent and twitch movement, so they had to get good at the smell-and-vibrate equivalent of Windows 95.

posted by The Whelk 07 October | 20:08

Little-known factoid: excessive bunny-nose twitching is the primary cause of forest fires on the planet. Save a forest, relax a bunny!

posted by Cat Pie Hurts 07 October | 20:21

120 times a SECOND? I can't picture ANYthing happening that fast. Wowsers.

posted by JanetLand 07 October | 20:38

Ooooooooooooh.

posted by gomichild 07 October | 22:41

That's the best thing I've learned all day.

posted by tangerine 07 October | 22:54

That's some fast twitchin'!

posted by Specklet 08 October | 06:11

I loved the pics from the bunny gallery at the bottom of the article. ≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by miss-lapin 08 October | 09:52

Wowsers. Good thing they're not pulling any triggers with all that twitching.

posted by chewatadistance 08 October | 12:20

And here I thought that they were casting magic spells.

posted by Halloween Jack 09 October | 10:35

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