Don't laugh - you would look just as surprised as that rabbit if you found two baby alligators snuggling up to you. The pally alligators belong to Tom Roberts, of Wirral, Cheshire. Mirrorpix/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: mrpphotos231246
Perhaps I’ve missed the boat on the concept of photographing rabbits, but I was just blown away by the fact that when I tried to find a few cute and cuddly pictures I instead came across images of rabbits placed in really absurd situations. Like cuddling with an alligator. Or with a hamster that looks like it’s terrified. Or chasing a dog. Or in a flower pot. Or with a penguin. Or in a basket … with a fox. I seriously could keep going.
But maybe it’s just me. Maybe everyone else can find it normal. Rabbits are pretty non-divisive creatures (they’re not like cats v. dogs where you feel like you have to pick a side) and they apparently get along with all sorts of animals. And, after reading Watership Down, I feel like there are a lot of rabbits out there just ready to push the boundaries and explore the great unknown, so perhaps showing rabbits outside of their comfort zones and interacting with creatures that are different illustrates the broad reach that rabbits can have. I think I’m reaching too hard.
Either way, rabbits make me smile. Whether it’s smiling at how absurd some of the pictures are, or just because these rabbits can just be so stinking cute and cuddly looking, they’re a good pick-me-up on a Monday afternoon.
Check out the absurd pictures in this post, then head back to Newscom to see more photos of rabbits.
Two friends, Guinea pig and dwarf rabbit. united-archives/mcphoto/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: kpacontentminepix043242
Flopsy the bunny is foster mother to Beaky the baby penguin whispering into the bunny's ear May 1992. Mirrorpix/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: mrpphotos080124
Everything is blooming at the Barnes Hill RSPCA centre in Birmingham as "Sylvia" a 2 week old kitten and "Jessica" a baby rabbit who are looking for a home. TREVOR ROBERTS/Mirrorpix/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: mrpphotos102553
French lop eared baby rabbits at six weeks January 1998. Peter Cook Mirrorpix/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: mrpphotos136819
A fox cub and a rabbit together in a wicker basket February 1987. A Sidey Mirrorpix/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: mrpphotos155179
White Rabbit chases Small Dark Lap Dog. Mirrorpix/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: mrpphotos192553
A tiny kitten and a large rabbit circa 1975. Mirrorpix/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: mrpphotos192881
Two chicks and a rabbit comfort each other December 2001. Mirrorpix/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: mrpphotos204553
Eight baby rabbits whose mother died when they were two days old have been reared by Mrs. C. Wilkinson of Jubilee Retreat, Chingford, and her little assistant Gladys Wyton, aged 6, who prefers to feed them with a medicine drop feeder when they are separated in flower pots as then she knows exactly how much milk each rabbit gets. Mirrorpix/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: mrpphotos258733
I included this last one mostly because the story is just absolutely absurd. Who would smuggle a rabbit into a zoo?
All it took was 60 minutes and a little bit of bunny charm. Finding himself smuggled into the rabbit enclosure at Battersea Park Children's Zoo, Archie, the lop-eared albino rabbit, set out to do what bunnies do best. By the time he was discovered, only an hour later, Archie had mated with three female resident rabbits. The result was a brood of 17 baby rabbits just a few months later. ZUMA Press/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: zumawireworldphotosthree362562
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