The private life of the rabbit
Book • 1966
R.
M. Lockley's work on rabbits offers observational natural-history detail about rabbit habits, social life, and biology aimed at general readers.
Lockley's accessible descriptions influenced later writers and conservationists and provided a factual counterpoint to fictional portrayals.
Thomas notes Adams drew on Lockley's facts for realistic details in Watership Down.
Some contemporary reviewers contrasted Lockley's sober natural history with Adams' anthropomorphic storytelling.
The book remains a useful layman's introduction to rabbit natural history.
M. Lockley's work on rabbits offers observational natural-history detail about rabbit habits, social life, and biology aimed at general readers.
Lockley's accessible descriptions influenced later writers and conservationists and provided a factual counterpoint to fictional portrayals.
Thomas notes Adams drew on Lockley's facts for realistic details in Watership Down.
Some contemporary reviewers contrasted Lockley's sober natural history with Adams' anthropomorphic storytelling.
The book remains a useful layman's introduction to rabbit natural history.
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Mentioned by Thomas as the zoological work Adams consulted for factual rabbit behavior and as a source some critics favored over anthropomorphic fiction.
Episode 340: Watership Down by Richard Adams, Introduction, Ch. 1-10
