Breanna Teel is a high school science teacher who keeps things like fish and eels in her classroom. She did not foresee becoming a rabbit rescuer. A student brought a rabbit to school not knowing she was pregnant. While there, the rabbit gave birth to two bright pink baby bunnies, but didn't feed them, so Teel went into overdrive to save the newborns. She would have done so under any other circumstances, but when your students are following along, you go the extra mile to set a good example.
Teel's efforts paid off when the babies began to grow and flourish. They appear to be some strange variety of rabbits that resemble large powder puffs with wiggly noses. At any rate, they've become a permanent part of the classroom into which they were born.
Cute, but here are the differences between rabbits and their close cousins cavies (guinea pigs). The length of gestation and the result.
ReplyDeleteI had a piggie who had five little piglet babies. Fully formed, tons of hair (their father was a Peruvian) and eating solid food in just minutes.
My former sister hated my best pet ever. She called him a rat. I'm like "Look. No tail. Look at his face, he's a bunny." And anyone might ask me why she is my former sister. Blathering idjit.
OK, so your Cavie murdered your sister during a full moon rampage because said Cavie heard your former sister badmouthing her. What do I win?
ReplyDeleteThe student that brought the pregnant rabbit to class should get extra credit.
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