Why weren't New World rabbits domesticated?

ScienceDaily
Jul 21, 2021, 2:19 pm860 ptsInteresting
Rabbits were raised for over a thousand years in Mexico without becoming domesticated. A new study finds that their solitary lifestyle and greater species diversity made domestication unlikely.

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