The Bunnies We Know

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

 We have been enjoying the Japanese Youtube channel KOGARANA's Bunny Popo . Great videos include: Bunny cuisine , Japanese style, is very impressive (or, because it's dumplings, is it also Chinese?) Birthday bunny wants more sweets , won't stop ringing bell It's a challenge to get Popo into the carrier to go get her nails cut . Those leg flicks at about 1:15 are the strongest words on the rabbit language (and perhaps evidence in favor of Chomsky's argument that language is innate , not taught) Popo and her cat friend Pete are lovely together A bunny and her slide