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    The eastern cottontail rabbit is a species of the genus Sylvilagus. The eastern cottontail rabbit just as its name suggest is commonly found in the eastern U.S., eastern Mexico, Central America, Southern Canada and the northernmost part of South America. Eastern cottontail rabbits prefer their habitat to be in an open grassy area with shrubs in the area to use as places to escape predators. Nests called forms are made by eastern cottontail rabbits to use as an area to give birth. The nests are only

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    An ordinary and monotonous life could suddenly be exciting once you decided to make a change. This is one angle on the short story of “Taking a Rabbit, Meeting a Woman” by Yang Li. The short story was written and published in China in 2002. According to chinahighlights.com, this was the era of change in culture and literature; “Women writers . . . were taken more seriously.” Thus, Yang Li started writing in 2002. The same source also said that “writers generally wanted to lead the way in transforming

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    Introduction The Feral or best known as the European rabbit is a pest that has been around for generations people have tried numerous things to mitigate the rabbit population but all at failure. Something needs to be done about this pest and I am not talking smuggling in an illegal disease to kill them all, more on that later. This report will tell you three possible ways to get rid of the feral rabbit and the best way out of those three. The feral rabbits are very nimble creatures hiding in burrows and

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    Controversy in Rabbit Run The novel, Rabbit Run by John Updike, commences by describing Harry (“Rabbit”) Angstrom’s background. He was a high school basketball player and now is married to a woman named Janice Springer. Rabbit discovers that his wife is pregnant and he mentions to his wife that he is going to pick up his son, Nelson, but instead drives far away when he gets frustrated with his wife’s behavior. When he comes back to town, Rabbit visits Marty Tothero, his old basketball coach, for

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    Rabbit, Run by John Updike is a novel about a young man named Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom who leaves his pregnant wife and young child and begins a journey to find happiness and freedom. He gets involved with a prostitute and stays with her until his wife has their baby girl. While he is away from his wife he is counseled by Reverend Eccles who tries to help Rabbit’s situation, although it does not do much good. After the new baby is born Rabbit leaves his wife again to go back with Ruth, the woman

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    Angora Rabbits Rabbit farms in China are the “source of 90 percent of the world’s angora, fur (“The Angora Industry”). There are no penalties for abusing animals on farms in China and no standards to regulate the treatment of animals. To combat this evil, fortunately there exists an international organization, PETA, who fights for the ethical treatment of animals. One of the ways PETA champions animal rights is through T.V. commercials. One of these commercials is PETA Asia’s, “Why Are Rabbits Screaming

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    The Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit, or Brachylagus idahoensis, is listed as endangered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. This Pygmy Rabbit is the smallest species of its kind in North America, and it is also one of the only two species of rabbit in the world that digs its own burrow. The Pygmy Rabbit is different from other species because it falls within the monotypic genus ‘Brachylagus’. The phylogenetic identity of this rabbit is as follows: Animalia (Kingdom), Chordata (Phylum), Mammalia

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    Analysis of Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit” Title: White Rabbit Artist: Jefferson Airplane Length: 2:31 Album and Track Number: Surrealistic Pillow (Track Number 10) Label: RCA Victor Release Date: February 1st, 1967 First Appearance on Billboard’s Hot 100: June 24th, 1967 (Number 50) Height of Popularity: Number 8 on Billboard’s Hot Hundred (July 29th, 1967) Other Appearances: Number 483 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time “White Rabbit” is a psychedelic rock song performed

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    Updike's Rabbit As the gap between homo sapiens and their uncivilized ancestors widens, reproduction looses its value as the most important means to continuing the species. For humanity to progress in an increasingly modern and complex world, men must be required to think of themselves in broader terms. Rabbit Angstrom cannot understand that he could find meaning in life if he devalued the importance he places on sex. He is unable to accept the realities of life in twentieth century America

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    Throughout the book, Rabbit looks for the answer to this question although he does not consciously think of it in religious terms. He is on a quest for meaning, and his story is in some ways the oldest story in the world: people have been telling tales of quests for thousands of years. Dean Doner wrote in John Updike: A Collection of Critical Essays that the novel is successful because Rabbit is symbolic of us all, and his search for meaning and purpose in his life reflects a uniquely twentieth-century

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