Template:Did you know nominations/Rabbit

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The result was: promoted by Polyamorph talk 12:39, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

Rabbit

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A desert cottontail rabbit using its ears to cool down

... that rabbits (example pictured) can control their body temperature with their ears?

Source: Donnelly, Thomas M.; Vella, David (2020). "Basic Anatomy, Physiology, and Husbandry of Rabbits". In Quesenberry, Katherine; Orcutt, Connie J.; Mans, Christoph; Carpenter, James W. (eds.). Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery (4th ed.). pp. 131–149. doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-48435-0.00011-3. ISBN 978-0-323-48435-0. The pinnae are highly vascular and have the largest arteriovenous shunts in the body. At rest, the pinna of leporids is a thermoregulatory organ.

ALT1: ... that rabbits (example pictured) have nearly a 360° field of vision and blink only a few times per hour, but can't see anything below their mouth? Source: Peiffer, Robert L.; Pohm-Thorsen, Laurie; Corcoran, Kelly (1994), "Models in Ophthalmology and Vision Research", The Biology of the Laboratory Rabbit, Elsevier, pp. 409–433, doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-469235-0.50025-7, ISBN 978-0-12-469235-0, PMC 7149682, retrieved 2024-10-10, By moving the eyes and tilting the head upward the rabbit can achieve a maximum field of vision of almost 360°. Donnelly, Thomas M.; Vella, David (2020). "Basic Anatomy, Physiology, and Husbandry of Rabbits". In Quesenberry, Katherine; Orcutt, Connie J.; Mans, Christoph; Carpenter, James W. (eds.). Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery (4th ed.). pp. 131–149. doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-48435-0.00011-3. ISBN 978-0-323-48435-0. However, their eyes cannot visualize the small area beneath the mouth (blind spot), and rabbits depend on the sensitivity of the lips and vibrissae for food discrimination. [...] rabbits rarely make spontaneous blinks (2–4 per hour).
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Comment: Other rabbit facts can be provided.

Improved to Good Article status by Reconrabbit (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

Recon rabbit 15:22, 10 October 2024 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Congrats on getting this highly important, million-qualifying article to GA status! Everything looks good to go for this DYK, including quite interesting factoids. My only suggestion would be to add an image — people always like rabbit pics ! Sdkb ^talk 16:44, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

I've added an image that works for the first hook. Recon rabbit 17:27, 10 October 2024 (UTC)