{"id":1427,"date":"2012-07-15T10:28:45","date_gmt":"2012-07-15T14:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/bunnyblog\/?p=1427"},"modified":"2012-07-15T10:28:45","modified_gmt":"2012-07-15T14:28:45","slug":"our-wild-cousins-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/bunnyblog\/2012\/07\/15\/our-wild-cousins-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Wild Cousins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dad was out for a walk yesterday when he stumbled across one of our rabbit training grounds, where we&#8217;re training our rabbit invasion army.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The names of these wild bunnies have, of course, been changed to protect their identity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"rabbit and groundhog 2 by Keithius, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/keithius\/7571224956\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8159\/7571224956_91f7d21931_z.jpg\" alt=\"rabbit and groundhog 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is our crack special operative team, Mr. Rabbit and &#8220;Little Dude,&#8221; the groundhog demolition expert. They&#8217;re part of the first wave that will break into a house and liberate any carrots, treats, or imprisoned bunnies.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"wild rabbit 7 by Keithius, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/keithius\/7571217286\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7129\/7571217286_ff439931c1_z.jpg\" alt=\"wild rabbit 7\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another one of our operatives, code-name &#8220;Doormouse,&#8221; keeping a close eye on dad &amp; his stupid camera.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"wild rabbit 6 by Keithius, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/keithius\/7571216870\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8162\/7571216870_26961f6351_z.jpg\" alt=\"wild rabbit 6\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When dad tried to escape, he found his path blocked by another operative, call-sign &#8220;Silverback.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"wild rabbit 5 by Keithius, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/keithius\/7571216356\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7115\/7571216356_44f716ebee_z.jpg\" alt=\"wild rabbit 5\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When dad tried to edge closer, he was warned to &#8220;back off&#8221; by our drill sergeant, Mr. Tibbs.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"wild rabbit 4 by Keithius, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/keithius\/7571215814\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7261\/7571215814_f270bf62d2_z.jpg\" alt=\"wild rabbit 4\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Code-name &#8220;Horatio&#8221; pauses before breaking out into a practice run.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"wild rabbit 3 by Keithius, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/keithius\/7571215240\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7129\/7571215240_902267a508_z.jpg\" alt=\"wild rabbit 3\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Naturally, we practice being super-stealthy as well. (We&#8217;re like fuzzy little ninjas.) Dad managed to catch one of our operatives getting ready to vanish into the underbrush.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"wild rabbit 2 by Keithius, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/keithius\/7571214858\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8421\/7571214858_3fcc3a35be_z.jpg\" alt=\"wild rabbit 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once again, Mr. Tibbs is keeping a close eye on dad&#8217;s behavior. He was very lucky he made it out of here in one piece, actually, but he doesn&#8217;t know that. Stupid dad.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"wild rabbit by Keithius, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/keithius\/7571214612\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8003\/7571214612_b1c759ddc3_z.jpg\" alt=\"wild rabbit\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, dad gave up and left &#8211; under the watchful eyes of our sentries, of course!<\/p>\n<p>I told dad to keep this rabbit army in mind the next time he thinks about not giving me treats.<\/p>\n<p>-Gus<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1396\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/bunnyblog\/2012\/05\/05\/were-still-here-3\/gus-portrait\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/bunnyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/gus-portrait.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"128,96\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gus portrait\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/bunnyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/gus-portrait.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/bunnyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/gus-portrait.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1396\" title=\"gus portrait\" src=\"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/bunnyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/gus-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dad was out for a walk yesterday when he stumbled across one of our rabbit training grounds, where we&#8217;re training our rabbit invasion army. The names of these wild bunnies have, of course, been changed to protect their identity. This is our crack special operative team, Mr. Rabbit and &#8220;Little Dude,&#8221; the groundhog demolition expert. 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