Last night, as Emma and I played pool in the basement of her dorm, we were interrupted by a gentle thump just outside the window. Moments later, we heard a scratchy noise and discovered a baby rabbit peeking up at us with plaintive eyes. He'd fallen into the window well and seemed to have no fear with the window between us. Finally bunny-love took over and we leaped into action, rallying some other dormmates to help. Before long, we discovered a second window-well trapping his baby bunny brother. A brave fellow jumped into the well to lift him out and the first little bunny went wild running in circles. I was sure he was going to keel over from a heart attack, but we found a wastebasket and trapped him in that and gently lifted him to freedom. The second window well dweller was a bit more placid an
d we scooped him to safety and he just parked himself in the grass, stunned. I found myself cursing this mama bunny who would let her little ones wander into the dangerous window wells and then it occurred to me they may be lil orphan bunnies. So sad. At any rate, I feel that Steve Irwin would be proud. The question is whether or not we'll be doing this every day.
Last night, as Emma and I played pool in the basement of her dorm, we were interrupted by a gentle thump just outside the window. Moments later, we heard a scratchy noise and discovered a baby rabbit peeking up at us with plaintive eyes. He'd fallen into the window well and seemed to have no fear with the window between us. Finally bunny-love took over and we leaped into action, rallying some other dormmates to help. Before long, we discovered a second window-well trapping his baby bunny brother. A brave fellow jumped into the well to lift him out and the first little bunny went wild running in circles. I was sure he was going to keel over from a heart attack, but we found a wastebasket and trapped him in that and gently lifted him to freedom. The second window well dweller was a bit more placid an
d we scooped him to safety and he just parked himself in the grass, stunned. I found myself cursing this mama bunny who would let her little ones wander into the dangerous window wells and then it occurred to me they may be lil orphan bunnies. So sad. At any rate, I feel that Steve Irwin would be proud. The question is whether or not we'll be doing this every day.
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Are those pictures the actual bunnies? Look at those teeny tiny ears and teeny tiny legs. For cute :)
Not the actual pictures... but I think they are remarkably close to the creatures we "saved."
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