17 September 2016

Some rabbits still live

Those of you who understood what the man must have felt at the conclusion of Suppositions about a man and his rabbits will be pleased to know at least some rabbits survived (well, at least this one, and possibly all — I've since seen two simultaneously).

This seems to be another Spock rabbit, and although its ears aren't kinked, I wonder whether that distinctive dark nose is a permanent feature or whether it's just wet from feeding after the rain? The former, I hope: I'd like to be able to identify it beyond doubt.

They're survivors, these rabbits.

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5 comments:

  1. Lisa17 September 2016 at 17:40

    Excellent! And now you need to defend them through the spring......

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  2. Relatively Retiring17 September 2016 at 19:48

    Great news. You'll probably soon have lots more to get to know.

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  3. Zhoen18 September 2016 at 00:29

    Funny how durable the apparently fragile can be.

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  4. Barbara Butler McCoy18 September 2016 at 01:10

    Welcome news! I was too tongue-tied to reply before, but I have indeed felt for the narrator. In my urban life there aren't many 'wild' animals (of the furred variety, that is) but dare I suppose the narrator might understand how I feel to see swaths of trees bulldozed into matchsticks?

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  5. pohanginapete18 September 2016 at 19:21

    Lisa, that might be difficult, I'm afraid. The owner of the vege garden might not look kindly on having his seedlings eaten :-(

    RR, I hope you're right :-)

    Zhoen, that's true, and even if the individuals are fragile, populations can be amazingly resilient.

    Barbara, I have no doubt he understands all too well what it's like to see destruction like that, and he sends his condolences.

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