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food chain

22 11:24:16

Question
ok i am doing a project on ther rabbit's food chain and i am only in 5th grade and i don't have a rabbit so i don't really no a lot about the rabbit and for this project i have to do a food chain on the rabbit!! lol!! and so i waz woundering if u could help me pleas!!!! if u did that would be great and this project is due mext week so pleas help me ooo yea and rember my e-mail is mmsMT29@hotmail.com!! ok well thanx for letting me ask u this and i an asking u because the enternet wont tell me so please help!!!!!!!! ok well i got to go bye byezzzzz

Answer
Dear Sierra,

Do you mean that you're doing a report on how rabbits fit in the "food chain" in an ecosystem?  If so, you can read more about food chains (actually called "food webs) here:

http://www.bio.miami.edu/ecosummer/lectures/lec10_energyflow.html

and here:

http://www.bio.miami.edu/dana/106/106F05_8.html

Rabbits are herbivores (they eat only plant matter), which means they are primary consumers.  They can be captured and eaten by predators (such as foxes, bobcats, etc.), which are secondary consumers.

Hope that helps get you started.  Good luck on your project.

Dana