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Rabbits have floppy ears because, a rabbit breeder a long time ago selected a rabbit with "deformed ears" ( lopped ears) and bred it with a staight eared rabbit. And they created lop eared rabbits.

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They might have an ear infection. If it is not that I do not know why!

There are several breeds of rabbits that have lopped ears normally, they are born that way.

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"Lop-eared" is the term used for floppy-eared rabbits.

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