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1. Kelsey Parker on July 1st, 2009 at 11:51 am

   I think I watched this entire video with one eyebrow raised and lips puckered in perplexity.

2. Dave Vogt on July 1st, 2009 at 12:15 pm

   preview frame out of context.

   also: omfg raccoons, with their little raccoon hands… *shudders*

3. Deron Bauman on July 1st, 2009 at 12:18 pm

   is it like this at your apartment, Kelsey?

4. Kelsey Parker on July 1st, 2009 at 12:20 pm

   Yes.

5. Deron Bauman on July 1st, 2009 at 12:20 pm

   bless you.

6. Kelsey Parker on July 1st, 2009 at 12:42 pm

   Honestly, this rabbit is very un-rabbit-like. Moments I thought, Is that a dinosaur?

   • The front legs are too long and too jointed. The back legs are not long and jointed enough.
   • This rabbit has a neck. Rabbits have scruff, but there shouldn’t be a true separation between head and body… which leads me to—
   • The ears. When not in use, they should rest flush to the body. And when in use, ears that small (in relation to the rest of the body) shouldn’t flop so much.
   • Why the eyelids? Rabbits don’t have eyelids.
   • The cottontail should move, especially with every hop.
   • And, probably most importantly, the nose should be sniffing non-stop.

   However! Rabbits cannot make actual sounds like that trilling raccoon. So the artist has accurately depicted:

   • Rabbits will bang and kick and head-butt everything and anything to get your attention.
   • Rabbits will always hop faster than you can run.
   • If you don’t let them run around enough, rabbits can be moody.
7. India on July 1st, 2009 at 12:49 pm

   I am telling you, Kelsey—rabbits can make sounds. In my experience, they have to be really fucking mad (the infamous moodiness plays a role, here), but they definitely do rattle and hum.

8. Kelsey Parker on July 1st, 2009 at 12:59 pm

   Whoa. I haven’t heard any — and I mean any — of those sounds come out of my rabbit or any of the rabbits I tend to while their owners are out of town.

   If I could, I would go nuzzle Nina in thanks right now.

9. India on July 1st, 2009 at 12:59 pm

   I want a bunny.

10. India on July 1st, 2009 at 1:00 pm

    Yeah, most of those sounds are bad, bad sounds to have coming out of your rabbit. I wouldn’t mind one that purred, though.

11. Kelsey Parker on July 1st, 2009 at 1:01 pm

    Nina quietly clicks her teeth when I nuzzle her. It’s her way of purring, I guess. It’s more adorable than you can even imagine.

12. India on July 1st, 2009 at 1:03 pm

    That sound clip labeled “wheeking” would also be very soothing to me. It sounds like a milder version of the noise our guinea pigs made when they heard the vegetable crisper open. A happy sound.

13. Sheila Ryan on July 1st, 2009 at 1:34 pm

    India, I could get you a raccoon. Or two.

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