Comments on: Move over Babe

Move over Babe

sardonyx — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:11:42 -0800

By: bicyclefish

bicyclefish — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:34:07 -0800

As if we needed more documentary evidence that really, rabbits are kind of assholes. Five words for you, bunny! Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch!

By: book 'em dano

book 'em dano — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:36:16 -0800

Love this. I had a rabbit who would get up in the cats' faces so she could provoke a merry chase around the apartment.

By: heyho

heyho — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:41:26 -0800

bicyclefish, may I recommend to you The Wasp Factory... you'll love it.

By: clarknova

clarknova — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:48:07 -0800

This says much less about the audacity of rabbits than it does about the stupidity of sheep.

By: Blue_Villain

Blue_Villain — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:52:24 -0800

That'll do hare. That'll do.

By: cjorgensen

cjorgensen — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:57:18 -0800

A rabbit like that you don't eat all at once!

By: clavicle

clavicle — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:59:27 -0800

Everything about this (ok, except the soundtrack) is good.

By: chance

chance — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:03:05 -0800

What's "fun" for some is definitely not fun for the poor sheep. I feel sorry for them. And in the long run, the farmer will kill and eat both the rabbit and the sheep which, to me, gives this "fun" a gruesomely sad edge.

By: bookish

bookish — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:05:56 -0800

And in the long run, the farmer will kill and eat both the rabbit and the sheep which, to me, gives this "fun" a gruesomely sad edge. But fun with a gruesomely sad edge is the best kind of fun.

By: edgeways

edgeways — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:08:15 -0800

You know you are low on the totem pole when even a rabbit can chase you around.

By: HuronBob

HuronBob — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:09:57 -0800

"You know you are low on the totem pole when even a rabbit can chase you around." Just ask Jimmy Carter.

By: empath

empath — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:10:35 -0800

And in the long run, the farmer will kill and eat both the rabbit and the sheep which, to me, gives this "fun" a gruesomely sad edge. In the long run, they were going to die eventually anyway.

By: DU

DU — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:11:31 -0800

The more "animals smarter than you thought" videos I see, the less I like the idea of eating meat.

By: Gator

Gator — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:21:32 -0800

Cute, but went on at least three minutes too long, much like an SNL sketch.

By: Cool Papa Bell

Cool Papa Bell — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:36:57 -0800

RICK RICK RICK WHY WON'T THESE GIANT RABBITS PLAY WITH ME RICK? RICK THE CAT SAID YOU WERE COOL RICK

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:53:41 -0800

I'm General Woundwort, and I approve this message.

By: fuse theorem

fuse theorem — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:10:19 -0800

"You know you are low on the totem pole when even a rabbit can chase you around." Just ask Jimmy Carter. But that was a swimming killer rabbit. This one just needs some Ritalin rabbit kibble or something.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:27:20 -0800

I'M PETER FUCKING COTTONTAIL I AM A BEAUTIFUL ANIMAL

By: oneirodynia

oneirodynia — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:30:34 -0800

And in the long run, the farmer will kill and eat both the rabbit and the sheep which, to me, gives this "fun" a gruesomely sad edge. I don't think many farmers raise dwarf rabbits for meat. It's not really economically viable when you can raise meat rabbits for meat. And the sheep in this video are not scared, they are flocking. Sheep have a very strong natural instinct to follow other sheep, so when one runs, they all do. Sheep are more stressed by isolation, so much that in certain breeds uniform pasture must be provided because the flocking instinct is so strong, they will not move away from other sheep to forage. It's absolutely not in the best interest of the farmer to have their sheep regularly scared, particularly small farmers who milk twice a day, shear, and lamb their own sheep. Domestic sheep require handling more than just about any other animal, and stressed sheep are nearly impossible to deal with.

By: shelleycat

shelleycat — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:41:41 -0800

The rabbit is just making the sheep react, something pretty easy to do (sheep behave like that anyway), rather than herding them somewhere specific. Just making sheep mill about back and forth isn't all that useful or impressive. It's a very cute bunny though, just not all that sheep-dog-like.

By: rabbitrabbit

rabbitrabbit — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:45:00 -0800

That is not a dwarf rabbit. He would probably make good eats. And that rabbit is PISSED. Tail up, ears forward, and you can even see him snap at the sheep at least once. That rabbits does NOT like the sheep.

By: Malor

Malor — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:57:45 -0800

Right, that's what I was going to say.... he's not playing sheepdog, he's trying to scare the sheep out of his territory. He owns that spot, apparently. That's not friendly behavior, that's an aggressive little asshole rabbit.

By: St. Alia of the Bunnies

St. Alia of the Bunnies — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:00:12 -0800

Mute the video and put on some Irish tunes. Trust me, it works.

By: shelleycat

shelleycat — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:03:01 -0800

So basically the rabbit is showing it's natural rabbit behaviour and the sheep are responding with their normal sheep behaviour and it's not really working for anyone except the farmer. Who could have easily broken it up and let the sheep out after a minute or two of filming rather than dragging it out so long.

By: maryr

maryr — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:35:14 -0800

Also, at a few points the sheep seem to be following the guy with the bucket. It doesn't appear to have feed in it, but I'm not sure the sheep know that.

By: Marie Mon Dieu

Marie Mon Dieu — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:46:42 -0800

I don't even know what the Rick, Rick, Rick meme is, and already I'm getting tired of it. So there ya go.

By: fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit

fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:51:00 -0800

I've always thought that Carter was chased by a nutria, who have giant orange teeth and would be of concern to any traveler, presidential or no. The rabbit in the video has a mean streak a mile wide. All that's missing are the bones.

By: JHarris

JHarris — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:04:13 -0800

Marie Mon Dieu, here: Louis vs. Rick, the story of a man who taught his cat instant messaging.

By: Salmonberry

Salmonberry — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:09:01 -0800

The most amazing thing in that video is the border collie. Mentally it must be losing its shit trying not to chase bunny no sheep no bunny no sheep no bunny then sheep no sheep and bunny omg omg omgomgomgomg.....

By: Salmonberry

Salmonberry — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:10:23 -0800

Oh, and of course the bunny doesn't want those sheep around. Did you see the patch of dandelions in the corner? THOSE ARE FOR BUNNY AND BUNNY ALONE. no one puts bunny in the corner

By: fuse theorem

fuse theorem — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:37:46 -0800

I don't even know what the Rick, Rick, Rick meme is, and already I'm getting tired of it. So there ya go. Marie Mon Dieu, here: Louis vs. Rick, the story of a man who taught his cat instant messaging. Did that cat thing precede Amy Poehler's Kaitlin character on SNL?

By: Cocodrillo

Cocodrillo — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:44:14 -0800

I had a pet rabbit as a teenager that used to love to play with our family's toy poodle. They were right around the same weight and height. They would chase each other all over, wrestle, hide and find each other. It was very sweet and both parties seemed to have a lot of fun. Occasionally though the rabbit would lose patience with the poodle and turn around and kick the crap out of her. Major muscles in rabbit hindquarters... Also those people that tell you that you can housetrain rabbits so they just go in a specified area? Never worked for me.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:55:20 -0800

Hey sheep! Fuck off! Clover is for closers!

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:11:40 -0800

I was hoping this would be "rabbit plays sheepdog", as in the rabbit punked the dog.

By: azpenguin

azpenguin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:01:17 -0800

That rabbit's dynamite.

By: vytae

vytae — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:19:04 -0800

That sheepdog on the sidelines must feel kind of useless.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:12:16 -0800

I can only imagine the supercanine control the sheepdog is undertaking.

By: i feel possessed

i feel possessed — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:12:22 -0800

Personally, I hope the farmer kills and eats the sheepdog. It's the useless one around the farm.

By: titus-g

titus-g — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:06:52 -0800

Tame rabbits tend to be pretty high on the pecking order. Our previous one terrified (and chased remorselessly) the cats, they used to have to travel through 'his' room jumping from one peice of furniture to the next. He was also the boss of my mum's collie (to be fair, collies are quite often highly intelligent, neurotic, wusses [which is why they are the best dogs, ever], so it being the boss of them isn't so hard). We had to get our current rabbit neutered as he kept shagging the smaller cat. He isn't the big boss though, that's the guinea pig that we had to separate off as he kept head-fucking (literally) the rabbit. Can't help feeling that large parts of my youth were wasted due to the lack of ubiquitous videography... used to have this goose that actually thought it /was/ a sheep. Particularly amusing at clipping and dipping time, when you had a fank pen full of sheep, with this head poking above the middle of them...

By: bryon

bryon — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:52:09 -0800

For sheer musical pleasure, this works nicely when put through the Benny Hillifier.

By: thinkpiece

thinkpiece — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:19:42 -0800

Well, wow, I loved the tune behind the video and I bet (anyone know?) it's the inspiration (and fits perfectly) for the title of one of my all-time favorite books.