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American Fuzzy Lop resembles the Holland Lop with the exception of its wool, the American Fuzzy Lop has the wool of the English Angora. The American Fuzzy Lop weighs 3-4 lbs. As an adult with a preferred weight of bucks at 3-5lbs. and does at 3.75;lbs. They have a very compact body, that appears
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