Rabbits seldom eat carrots. Why do people always associate rabbits with carrots?

In popular culture, rabbits are always associated with carrots. Perhaps the most famous rabbit is bugs bunny. Its classic action is to take out a carrot and chew it in your mouth, so that generations of people mistakenly associate carrots with rabbits.

Contrary to common sense, carrots are not the best food for rabbits. For rabbits, a balanced diet is the most important, which should be unlimited grass and a small amount of vegetables. The "vegetables" here can be carrot ears (that is, carrot leaves), but they are not carrots.

Carrots and other root vegetables, as well as fruits, don't feed rabbits too much. Don't feed rabbits more than a spoonful of carrots every day. Eating too much carrots will lead to obesity in rabbits, because carrots have a lot of calories but not much nutrition for these small animals. Eating too many carrots may even hurt rabbits, causing stomach upset or digestive problems.

Rabbits should appear with carrots, just as bears should appear with honey. Bears really love honey, and they also break into hikers' tents and rummage through garbage cans in the suburbs. Who called them omnivores? There are only four words on their plates: "Welcome all who come".

Rabbits are strict vegetarians. Although they also have various recipes, many people really think that rabbits love carrots. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) points out that only about 8% of breeders know that rabbits should not be given radishes, at least not as a staple food. You know, rabbits rarely use underground parts of plants as their staple food in the wild. Even nutritious carrots are occasionally used as desserts. If they are eaten as food, perhaps 1 1% can be used to explain the problem of tooth decay in rabbits.

Then we have to go back to 1934. That year, there was a movie called One-Night Love. William clark gable, the protagonist of the film, leans against the fence, chews a carrot loosely, and explains the rules and hidden rules of hitchhiking. Think it's handsome? Many latecomers pay tribute to the classic lens. In 1940' s bugs bunny's first screen show "Wild Rabbit", this cheap rabbit imitated its owner's manner and chewed carrots against the railing. I bet everyone remembered bugs bunny later, not only forgetting the original, but also trying to find out whether rabbits eat carrots or not.