Wednesday, 16 April 2014

Cottontails & Easter bunnies


 
Who needs chocolate Easter bunnies? 
Meet ‘Ballina Bunny’, our very own resident that wanders from lawn to lawn here in Ballina Crescent, sampling a delightful variety of grasses.                                            
Cottontails, European rabbits and hares all belong to the Leporidae family. 
Deep inside its burrow after feeding, the rabbit passes soft droppings of partly digested food which are then re-eaten to extract the maximum nourishment, thanks to a special pouch, the caecum, secreting bacteria into the large intestine. Finally it’s time to pass those hard pellet droppings outside the burrow where they belong.          
By the way, bacteria were first described in the mid-1670’s by amateur scientist Anton van Leeuwenhoek, and it wasn’t until the late 1800’s that Louis Pasteur began to unravel the mysteries of bacteriology, proving that only life can produce life.    
Only life can produce life??  Yes, we have known that for over 200 years. 
So how did life spontaneously first begin?  Supernaturally??  
Let’s get back on our rabbit trail…
How long have we known about the rabbit’s eating habits?                             
Here is Moses warning the children of Israel about 3,500 years ago:     

"...and the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you."  Leviticus 11:6
Skeptics have scoffed at this strange directive saying that the Bible has got it wrong again – “Come on…everyone knows rabbits don’t chew the cud!”                       
Oh yes they do.                                                                   
Here are the Hebrew words Moses actually used: alah gerah, meaning ‘casts up chewed food’.                                                              
What do ya know!?...it sure looks like the God that Moses was always talking about got it right yet again.

 

Acknowledgements:  
The Creation Answers Book, Creation Book Publishers, 2006, Brisbane                                                    
Wildlife Fact File 
WorldBook,2005,Chicago                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                               
                                        
                                                                                     
 

 

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