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    1 month ago

    Rabbits really can’t eat carrots all of the time because the high sugar content can lead to metabolic disease. Buggs Bunny steered everyone wrong.

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      There is a difference between eating only carrots as your diet and avoiding carrots in your meal because of their carbs content.

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        29 days ago

        I said nothing about only eating carrots. They’re supposed to be an occasional treat, not a regular food source.

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      The whole rabbits and carrots thing literally started with Bugs Bunny… and the reason why he munches on a carrot was originally a reference to a 1934 Clark Gable film where Clark’s character is cracking wise and munching on a huge carrot. Audiences loved it. The animators wanted that to be a reference. But it stuck as a trait for Bugs.