From: tsm@fastmail.ca   
      
   On Feb 4, 2026 at 11:16:42 AM EST, "Wilson"  wrote:   
      
   > On 2/4/2026 1:20 AM, Tara wrote:   
   >> Noah Sombrero  wrote:   
   >>> On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 01:45:12 -0000 (UTC), Tara  wrote:   
   >>>> Noah Sombrero  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Only humans think that objects matter.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Tell that to the wild rabbit whose long time home is under my back yard   
   >>>> shed. She hasn’t had babies for a few years. (However she does have a   
   >>>> “visitor” who joins her for a while in summer.)   
   >>>> Of course, I’ve always just assumed my neighbour  rabbit is a she. Could   
   >>>> she be a he?  Naw   
   >>>   
   >>> I wonder if one of her babies hasn't taken over that haven, a boy this   
   >>> time.  How long do rabbits live anyway?  Maybe they value your kindly   
   >>> treatment as much as the hole under a shed.  Lots of people have sheds   
   >>> for rabbits to hide under.   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>   
   >> They live 10-15 years as pets but apparently not very long in the wild -   
   >> maybe couple of years.  But this rabbit is in a pretty safe place.  I think   
   >> it may be a different rabbit because it used to come right up close and   
   >> just hang out a couple of feet from me. But now stays farther away. So you   
   >> could be right. This one may be next generation. I’ve learned a bit about   
   >> their habits by watching it. Very scheduled behaviour - always comes out to   
   >> nibble or bask in the sun at the same time each day. Same route too. And   
   >> he/she will often lie straight out and snooze on the grass. To do that, she   
   >> must feel safe. When I’m dog sitting though, she of course, stays in her   
   >> burrow.   
   >> When the visiting rabbit comes, “frolicking”  is a perfect description   
   of   
   >> their behaviour together.   
   >>   
   >> Off topic for this ng - , boring eh.   
   >> Me - I never get tired of observing critters.   
   >   
   > I had a resident rabbit at my business. It was pretty chill and would   
   > just hang out and not run away even when a few feet away. I could tell   
   > it was the same one. The 4th year I noticed it had quite a bit of new   
   > gray around the nose and it looked a bit thinner, and that was the last   
   > year I saw it. Never had another one that friendly.   
      
   :).  Like people, eh. Some click with you and some don't.   
      
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