Timeline for How fast do rabbits really breed?
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| Jul 21, 2014 at 3:35 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | Yes, if we assume that everybody survives and breeds as much as possible, it escalates pretty quickly. That rabbits can do that doesn't automatically mean that they do; I don't know, hence my hedging a bit. But, to get back to the root of the question, yes I think there's some basis for "breeding like rabbits". | |
| Jul 21, 2014 at 0:15 | comment | added | James Jenkins | Actually the numbers coming out of your first link seem to overly conservative. It says 72 offspring from the Alpha Mother at 12 months but between 4 and 6 months her girl babies are going to start having babies. ref 1 Ref 2 | |
| Jul 20, 2014 at 21:36 | history | answered | Monica Cellio | CC BY-SA 3.0 |