Why did bunnies evolve to hop?

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What sort of selection pressure decides that jumping is good for species survival while running isn’t? Isn’t quadruped running just all around more energy efficient?

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Because the ones that do, didn’t get eaten.

That’s all evolution is. Random mutations, strategies that cause things not to die (or die at lesser rates than other traits).

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