The cat-rabbit hybrid creature was first documented by Joseph Train of Castle Douglas, Galloway in "An Historical and Statistical Account of the Isle of Man" (1845). Train stated that cabbits were the product of matings between female cats and buck rabbits. [Greater understanding of feline mating practises has led to the general consensus that it is more often male cats mating with female rabits which produce cabbits.] The portmanteau term cabbit is used for hybrids. The exact year of coinage is uncertain. It was used in 1977 to describe a specimen found in New Mexico and exhibited in Los Angeles.
Rabbits hump to show dominance. Our old female used to hump all the males to show dominance if they were of equal or lesser size. Of course, the larger males were dominant. It was quite hilarious the first time I saw it. I walk in, only to be like "wait... isn't the female humping the male?"
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