Are there ways that Gnomes and Rabbits can create symbiotic roles that will help the environment?

Question

Are there ways that Gnomes and Rabbits can create symbiotic roles that will help the environment?

Answer 1

yes ,hang on while i ask my rabbit what it is

Answer 2

dance

Answer 3

Gnomes are gardeners.  So they need fertilizer.  Rabbits p**p, which IS fertilizer.  So rabbit p**p makes the gnomes gardens grow.

Rabbits aren't good gardeners because they don't have thumbs.  But gnomes are.  So the gnomes can grow carrots for the rabbits in exchange for the p**p!  Symbiotic!

Rabbits are good chewers and can chew gnome houses for them.  Gnomes can also ride rabbits to get around the reserve faster.  Rabbits can stomp their back feet and warn gnomes of danger.

Gnomes have nimble fingers and can pick woodticks off the rabbits and help with grooming.  

Rabbits make fur, which can be combed and the loose hair turned into felt for gnome clothes.  Symbiotic!

Answer 4

Altholugh I am unfamiliar with the habits and associations of the freed gnomes of the American mid-west, I can tell you about gnome-rabbit interactions among the wild gnome populations of the eastern forests.

As you may know, there are still sizeable populations of woods gnomes in wilderness areas and little-utilized forests of Pennsylvania and many of the mid-Atlantic states.  The primary food of these hardy gnomes is the lichen Umbilicaria sp. (common name - rock tripe), and doubtless the woods gnomes have made common cause with the rabbits of their forests to identify and protect the best areas where rock tripe can be harvested.  The lichens, as we learned in botany class, can be made into Rock Tripe Soup (or Stew), not the tastiest food, but suitable to preventing starvation (ref 1).

The woods gnomes have also developed a unique and thriving cottage industry, and we can speculate that the rabbits have also contributed to the success of this venture.  The woods gnomes harvest farkleberries (Vaccinium spp.) and use them to make farkleberry jam, farkleberry pies, and other fine farkleberry products.  Through intermediaries, these goods end up in commerce (see Ref 2) and provide a modest income for the woods gnomes.  Some people may doubt the veracity of this, but it is well known in western Pennsylvania that:  "You've either eaten a farkleberry tart or you know somebody who has."  (-- you can Google that for proof.)

I don't know the exact details of the rabbit-gnome symbiosis, but I suspect that the rabbits act as sentinels to help the woods gnomes avoid being seen by malicious humans.