#25124: — 05/16  at  05:07 PM
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

#25125: Mrs Tilton — 05/16  at  05:07 PM
Spring it is i-cumen in, so.

I live in the city, though not far from a large wood. There is a marten that sprints through the neighbourhood at night. I see her from my balcony, dashing from one parked car to another. I've seen her countless times but tonight saw her as I've never seen her before: accompanied by two darling wee baby martens.

Sometimes I think zoologists give short shrift to Teh Cute.

#25126: Ali — 05/16  at  05:31 PM
How many vivisections would that bundle of cuteness make? ;)

#25130: John Wilkins — 05/16  at  06:02 PM
Here's where I agree with Anyanka. Bunnies... ewww...

#25131: — 05/16  at  06:30 PM
It's a pod! Run for your lives!

#25133: craig — 05/16  at  06:39 PM
You can tell it's spring when my cat starts leaving beheaded baby bunnies at the doorstep.

#25134: bitchphd — 05/16  at  06:58 PM
I was gonna say, be careful about the neighborhood cats....

#25135: — 05/16  at  07:10 PM
For an Australian it's like looking at the spawn of Cuthullu. Cute spawn of Cuthullu, but Cuthullu spawn none the less.

#25136: — 05/16  at  07:16 PM
First Box jellyfish and then rabbits. It's scare an Australian day here at Pharyngula.

#25137: Orac — 05/16  at  07:26 PM
Unfortunately, my dog has a propensity to raid bunny nests and kill baby bunnies. I wish it were otherwise, because every spring we're guaranteed of finding bunny corpses at our back door at least once. I also wish bunnies weren't so damned stupid. This year, a mother made her nest less than five feet from our dog's favorite place to poop.

I'm tired of bunny carnage in our yard.

#25139: Wesley R. Elsberry — 05/16  at  09:30 PM
Rusty says, "Yummy!" Well, actually, it's sort of a "Speep!" sound, but I translate it as "Yummy!" or "Hand it over, now!"

#25141: — 05/16  at  10:08 PM
Speaking of bunny carnage...

I once knew a mother rabbit who was unlucky enough to have made her nest under some brush near the outskirts of my friend's back yard.

He has a riding lawnmower... I'm sure you can use your imagination.

I can assure you that it was an accident, and that he's much more careful now.

#25143: — 05/16  at  10:29 PM
One year we found a nest of baby bunnies in my mom's vegetable bed (I hear you on the stupidity factor, Orac). It was so much fun to go and peek at the squirmy babies, but then they learned how to run, and so whenever we would walk by, they would scatter. Usually one of them would run right into the wooden side of the raised bed, and then sit there stunned for a second or two. So, so stupid. So, so cute.

#25150: — 05/17  at  02:37 AM
Those who are tired of the stupidity and bunny carnage just aren't getting into the traditional spirit of the thing. You are supposed to cook and eat them. That's why they are conveniently located at your doorstep. At Stansted Mountfitchet they have a torture reconstruction but no rabbit cooking demonstration for some reason ...

Just for interest value, I was going to include a link to the Essex tourist listing of the place - which has a couple of pictures of the hall and grounds. However, the preview here was denied and said it was blacklisted content! Ah, I've just realised that your nannybot might be vewy vewy stoopid and be overreacting to the last 3 letters of the county name in the url. I suppose that means there are large areas of England about which Americans are not allowed to know because their consitutions aren't strong enough to take it. Who knows whether the Australians are ...

#25153: Mutant Cat — 05/17  at  05:53 AM
Middlesex. There I'm from Australia I can take it.

#25155: — 05/17  at  06:19 AM
I get Great Tits nesting in the shutters every year. Sometimes even twice a year. The first clutch flew out last friday. The shutters roll up in a box above the windows, and there is just room for a small bird to squeeze in. For some reason, it is always the same making nests: there are many blue, crested, and coal tits fluttering around, but those shutters are the private property of their larger cousins.

#25156: Wayne — 05/17  at  06:45 AM
Doggone it, and I was hoping the squirming was going to turn out to be land planaria.

#25158: — 05/17  at  06:50 AM
Where's the myxamatosis? calicivirus? Crikey, get the Ruger .222 rodent rifle. They'll have dug up the back paddock by next month if they continue to breed at this rate. I suppose it gives the wedgies something to feed on.

Trackback: Cute Bunnies! Tracked on: Buridan's Ass (66.235.212.128) at 2005 05 17 06:54:15
Here's a picture that will brighten your morning over at Pharyngula.org. They are so cute! And since we're on the subject of cuteness, have a gander at these cute puppies......

#25159: John Wilkins — 05/17  at  06:56 AM
Mutant Cat is clearly not from Australia, as we only accept Topsex here, not Middlesex.

#25160: — 05/17  at  07:01 AM
... and cats are just as bad pests as rabbits ...

#25161: Buridan — 05/17  at  07:04 AM
Where I come from we accept sex in all four dimensions.

#25164: coturnix — 05/17  at  07:43 AM
I am enjoying ground squirrels here.

#25166: — 05/17  at  08:58 AM
Craig,
You can tell it's spring when my cat starts leaving beheaded baby bunnies at the doorstep.

That's not so bad. Our cat left only the head.

Wayne:
Doggone it, and I was hoping the squirming was going to turn out to be land planaria.

Those are more oozy than squirmy. I find 'em quite often while gardening.

#25181: Republic of Palau — 05/17  at  11:48 AM
I live in north Amsterdam and it's very urban, yet in our local park lives a huge colony of vari-coloured rabbits: evidently they are the offspring of pets that were set loose. This park also boasts a flock of green parakeets, some of whome have learned to mimic other birds and animals, and car alarms.

Everywhere you look, splendiferous life.