The Bunnies We Know

 A woman in Florida has been feeding the local rabbits (it is legal to feed them in Florida, but not legal in some other states). Here are some of the best videos: Baby Marsh Rabbits' Cilantro Tug of War!  Wild Bunny Curtis Knows Where The Fridge Is I believe that wild rabbits are curious about us but have to overcome an instinctive fear to interact with us. At some point during the interaction, the fear instinct triggers and asks, "What are you doing???" The rabbit runs away, and then sometimes returns. 

 Wild rabbits run from you or are at least skittish. But one rabbit seemed comfortable in our presence. A rabbit is comfortable if it's doing what it wants to do, and what it wants to do is usually: eat grass. We talked to and photographed one rabbit that did not run away from us. We were within three feet. We do not feed the rabbits, but we talk to them. Last summer, Rusty got comfortable with us . It's been a year, but how much time does that feel like to a rabbit?  If a rabbit's life span is eight years (and most don't survive beyond three) than a year to us might be about nine years to them. The rabbit did not run from us but it also did not greet us. If it has not seen us in nine years of its subjective time, then perhaps we are a fond memory of the past, but not a current memory.

 If you watch wild rabbits, you will see that they bounce, rather than hop. They move like boats on an ocean full of waves. Here in the suburbs, their ocean is mostly grass.  Hence the song: Little Bunny Sailor on a Grassy Sea (song, a capella) Here are the lyrics I wrote: Wouldn’t it be funny if I could see a bunny Bouncing around with its tail going up and down Little bunny sailor on a grassy sea Watching you makes me feel happy Please eat as much as you need But leave at least a few seeds Wouldn’t it be funny if I could see a bunny Bouncing around with its tail going up and down There’s a bunch of bunnies dancing round the lawn Each one more dexterous than a tiny fawn Celebrating life by dashing here and there And making binky leaps in the air Wouldn’t it be funny if I could see a bunny Bouncing around with its tail going up and down When a bunny flops down in the shade It’s showing me it’s not afraid May our garden be your happy place Treat it as your o...

The AI sings it best. https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=1eo53G2l528  (suno.com) I don't sing it well   https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=7BDurCy-2a4 I whistle it a bit better https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=rs_pcbeigpU Photos are also mine. The little bunny is fluff and the big one is Juniper, who is in the shade in our garden right now 

Should it freeze in place or flee is the question rabbits must decide quickly. When danger is perceived, rabbits either stay motionless, hoping the predator doesn’t see them, or quickly hop to safety. Well, one time, Rusty did both. On September 6th, 2025, Rusty let me get within 3 feet of him near the edge of the driveway. Yay, this Eastern Cottontail let me get within 3 feet of him again! That would enable me to take tight close-ups of him, but that was a short lived event. Earlier I noticed about six to eight boys, ages eight to ten, were loudly running around the neighborhood. Suddenly yelling, the boys turned into my driveway and proceeded to scamper up it. That caused Rusty to flee and me to run to the top of my driveway. I screamed repeatedly at the boys to leave, that this was my home, my property, not their’s. They halted as soon as they heard me. A father soon drove up. He ordered them to leave and return to a house. They did. Later I learned they were attending a party. When...

Preening rabbits can be engrossing to watch. They’re fastidious as they lick their paws to scrub their faces and bodies. They preen after eating and sometimes before they nod off and when they wake. You’ve heard of cat naps. Well, there are short rabbit naps. The naps could be as short as a couple of minutes. Sometimes rabbits look coquettish. I’ve tried to photograph them cleaning their ears. When backlit, the veins are faintly visible through glowing, pinkish skin, the ears edged in brightly lit fur. Kogarana’s Bunny Popo is adorable to watch online. She’s an intelligent affectionate, domestic rabbit with a big personality. The owner states she’s a Netherland Dwarf, but she doesn’t have the “smooshed dome head” of that breed. She’s much prettier. Her profile is closer to a cottontail. Sometimes Popo looks like a coquette. Subjectively, not all breeds are cute, but all can be funny. In a 12 minute video, Kogarana compiled clips over a 3 year period of Popo and Pete the Cat . It conta...

There they were, calmly munching on grass over a block away from home. They were my first sighting of rabbits this spring. Even yards away on the sidewalk, it was clear they were adults. I spotted them during a walk at 9:35 AM on March 26, 2026. Unfortunately, I only had my cell phone with me. It has a bad zoom, but I couldn’t resist taking a photo of them.  During five months of snow, rabbit tracks and spoor were the only evidence of rabbits. Occasionally we saw them in the dark. One night, through my kitchen window, I watched a rabbit gnaw at a hedge branch till it broke off. That rabbit ate the bark till it was satiated before it hopped out of sight. M