the.com/angora rabbit
A cloud that breathes, grows four inches of fiber a month, and judges you silently.
means A domestic rabbit breed raised for its exceptionally long, silky wool, which is sheared or plucked and spun into angora yarn.
from Named for Angora, the old name for Ankara, Turkey — a city whose name was also given to other famously fluffy-coated animals bred there, like the Angora cat and Angora goat (source of mohair). The rabbit breed itself is believed to have been developed in 18th-century Europe, with breeders borrowing the prestigious 'Angora' name to market its luxurious fleece, rather than the rabbit having direct Turkish origins itself.
- origin
- Named after Ankara, Turkey, not actual angora goats
- fiber yield
- Produces wool seven times warmer than sheep wool
- maintenance
- Needs grooming every three days or mats form fast
- harvest method
- Wool is plucked or shorn, never sheared painfully