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- 03/27/2008 at 1:01 PM
  ScooterandAnnette
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  Okay well it seems huge to me!! We saw it this morning hopping around across the street – it’s been going back and forth along there all morning and then I just noticed that it’s resting comfortably on our lawn!! Scooter is going to be soo upset that he’s at work and missed this!
  
  Not only is it bigger than any of our buns, and our cats, it’s bigger than my cousin’s dog!
  
  – Annette
- 03/27/2008 at 1:04 PM
  babybunsmum
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  wow! he is a huge guy. thats a jackrabbit? is that it’s winter coat?
- 03/27/2008 at 1:04 PM
  Holly
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  Wow! He is huge.
- 03/27/2008 at 1:55 PM
  Lion_Lop_Lover
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  How are you in Edmonton with no snow?!?!? LOL. I’m in Fredericton with 4 feet + outside!
- 03/27/2008 at 1:58 PM
  ScooterandAnnette
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  L_L – the snow is slowly but surely melting – on the other side of the lawn there’s still a bunch!
  
  babybunsmom – yep the white is the winter coat. You can see some brown on it so the summer coat is starting to come in.
  
  I couldn’t believe that it had just snuggled in like that!
- 03/27/2008 at 2:08 PM
  Deleted User
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  wow you can tell he’s been eating good
- 03/27/2008 at 3:21 PM
  ScooterandAnnette
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  The jackrabbit has reappeared and back in the same spot as we speak. It didn’t pay much attention to us as we came up our front porch to go inside.
- 03/27/2008 at 4:03 PM
  ScooterandAnnette
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  As Scooter said, we walked right past him, within a few feet of him, and although he looked a little cautious he didn’t run off. And he’s still there.
  
  I managed to take some video of him earlier. Unfortunately our camera doesn’t have a zoom for the video function, so it’s a little distant.
- 03/27/2008 at 4:08 PM
  MarkBun
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  Heh, he must know you’re bunny people. Wonder what would happen if you put out a cardboard box with some doors cut in it next to that tree…
- 03/27/2008 at 4:10 PM
  babybunsmum
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  he sure is a big guy! is hurt maybe? and thats why he’s staying put like this?
- 03/27/2008 at 4:16 PM
  ScooterandAnnette
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  babybunsmom: As far as we can tell, the jackrabbit is in perfect health and has been hopping back and forth between our house, the neighbors’, and two houses across the street all day. And when it was across the street it basically looks like a lump of snow. Passersby don’t seem to notice it in our front yard, even a little girl who would otherwise have pointed “look a bunny!” to her parents. And our cats are on the cat stands staring at it.
- 03/27/2008 at 4:24 PM
  babybunsmum
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  he must really have good ‘bun-dar’ then… to have scoped out your place to hang out at & relax a bit
- 03/27/2008 at 4:27 PM
  ScooterandAnnette
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  He’s also scraped most of the grass away from that spot and has made himself a nice little dirt bed, and looks to be quite comfy! He’ll stay there a while and rest and then zip around the area for a little bit, then come back. I’d love to get some video of him running around.
  – Annette
  
  ETA: While I was looking out the window watching him, ANOTHER one ran across the street!
- 03/27/2008 at 7:04 PM
  Deleted User
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  Wow are they having a parade or party?
- 03/27/2008 at 8:21 PM
  MarkBun
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  hmmm, if you have a nice enough yard, you might be havin’ some baby jackrabbits in a couple of months…
- 03/27/2008 at 9:22 PM
  babybunsmum
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  yeah… you’re not playing barry white songs in your yard are you
- 03/29/2008 at 8:33 PM
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  lol
- 03/29/2008 at 8:56 PM
  rabbitsmba
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  OMG it’s huge! Are you sure it’s wild? And not a domestic that someone has dumped outside?
  
  Hard for me to tell from the video. We don’t see many jack rabbits here in Ontario, just cottontails, and they don’t get that big!
- 04/01/2008 at 5:56 PM
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  we don’t have many jackrabbits here either but the ones I see aren’t that big.
- 04/01/2008 at 6:52 PM
  MarkBun
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  I’m not sure of any domestic breeds that actually change color during the seasons. But I could be COMPLETELY wrong too.
- 04/01/2008 at 7:10 PM
  ScooterandAnnette
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  Definitely wild, you see them all over Edmonton. I think I’ve still got white bunny fluff on the lawn from the shedding, lol.
  
  The first time I saw one in the winter was at a parking lot by the airport. My first thought was omg was a strange looking dog! And then I realized whoa wait a minute, that’s one of those monster jackrabbits!
  
  Scooter tells me they’re all over the University grounds so he’s quite used to seeing them there.
  
  Sorry I haven’t been around to respond sooner, Scooter’s been in the hospital for a few days now and I’ve been spending most of my time there.
  – Annette
- 04/01/2008 at 7:59 PM
  babybunsmum
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  oh dear! i hope scooter is okay & on the mend. ((((((vibes))))))
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