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Why is a rabbit's liver so large?

 
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Jb



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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 09 9:23 am    Post subject: Why is a rabbit's liver so large? Reply with quote
    

Why is a rabbit's liver so large? It seems disproportionately large for a relatively small animal!

(just occured to me as I was cooking at the weekend)

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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 09 9:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Maybe they drink too much.

cab



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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 09 1:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I find that the older the rabbit, the bigger the liver. I guess that its all to do with its veggie diet, its got a lot of plant toxins to break down all its life.

But its worth remembering that livers are always bigger than you're expecting them to be. The first time you see a whole beef liver, its kind of amazing.

The biggest liver relative to the size of the animal (at least of animals I've gutted) is a squirrel. How the heck a squirrel packs in a liver like that I don't know.

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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 09 1:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I've seen some fairly large livers inside people.

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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 09 2:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

sean wrote:
I've seen some fairly large livers inside people.


I which previous life: medical or retail?

cab



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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 09 2:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

sean wrote:
I've seen some fairly large livers inside people.


Having never seen a human liver... How big is one of our livers?

sean
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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 09 3:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Two or three rugby ball's worth. Heavy too, as anyone who's held a liver retractor for three or four hours can tell you.

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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 09 10:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

mmhm pate

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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 09 10:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
mmhm pate


Lecter's the name, long pig's the game.

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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 09 10:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

sean wrote:
Two or three rugby ball's worth. .


eh ? I couldn't fit 2-3 rugby balls into my entire torso, let alone any other organs or bits - I'm sure my liver's not that big.

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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 09 10:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

gil wrote:
sean wrote:
Two or three rugby ball's worth. .


eh ? I couldn't fit 2-3 rugby balls into my entire torso, let alone any other organs or bits - I'm sure my liver's not that big.


Maybe if you took a Swiss Army knife and used the innards-unfurling tool, you'd find that your abdomen had the properties of a Tardis.

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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 09 9:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

gil wrote:
sean wrote:
Two or three rugby ball's worth. .


eh ? I couldn't fit 2-3 rugby balls into my entire torso, let alone any other organs or bits - I'm sure my liver's not that big.


Average is 2kg but as low as 1.2 kg - for a healthy liver.

Edit. Human, not rabbit.

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