Talk:Burrow

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 4 September 2019 and 27 November 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Sarahkwhelan. Peer reviewers: Sburton17, Rp8848.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 16:25, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Derivation of the word burrow

There is a suggestion that the words bunny and burrow have a common origin and meaning, French in origin appearing in Britain after the Norman Conquest, being a possible explanation for the phrase bunny rabbit. Bunny also means "a collection of ore without a seam running to or from it". There is a common Cornish family name of Bunny/Bunney who are historically linked to the mining of iron ore.

Removed this section because no dictionary or online source such as etymonline.com seems to support this opinion provided without a source and which sounds like a private theory. --Espoo 05:48, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

The following facts speak against the otherwise quite queer suggestion that bunny and burrow could have any etymological relation at all. According to my Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary (ISBN 0-671--41819-X):

• A bunny is a rabbit, or a pet name used by children. Diminutive of bun, Gaelic for a stock, a short, thick person or animal.
• A burrow is a hollow place in the earth dug by an animal, or any hole or tunnel in the ground, or also a mound outside a mine. From Middle English borow, a hole for shelter, or a mound. Earlier Anglo Saxon beorh, a mound.

Kind regards, Zack Holly Venturi 19:42, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Why do they not collapse?

Why do tunnels dug into dirt not simply collapse immediately and crush the animal? I legitimately don't understand this. If I made an exact copy of a hillside with an earthmover and then deliberately left a big hole in it, i would expect the structure to fall in on itself or possibly even collapse entirely. —Soap— 06:01, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Editing

Hi everyone, I am editing this page as a part of a class project for a third year university Biology course. I have added a few new sections (Types of Burrows, and Protection). I have also added some information to existing portions of the article, including some citations and additional examples. I have copied this work from my sandbox, which can be found at this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sarahkwhelan/Burrow. Any suggestions or edits are certainly welcome! Sarahkwhelan (talk) 01:39, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Well, I still am curious. Is there anything we can do to explain better why groundhog burrows, and other large ones, do not collapse? —Soap— 01:39, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Burrow

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