r/Awwducational • u/Critter-Enthusiast • Oct 18 '24

Verified A rare encounter with the Sumatran striped rabbit. These elusive lagomorphs are found only in the mountain forests of Sumatra, Indonesia.

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u/doggufoamie Oct 19 '24

That is a watermelon.

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u/Tired_n_DeadInside Oct 19 '24

LMFAO the image wasn’t moving for me and all I saw was a small, fuzzy oblong watermelon with its color washed out by the bright light. I kept looking for the rabbit thinking the fuzzy-ness of the "watermelon" was just a side effect of the image being frozen in motion.

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u/Meridian122 Oct 19 '24

I also think it looks like a melon

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u/aspect_rap Oct 19 '24

Glad I'm not the only one who saw a watermelon 😂

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u/dazed_and_bamboozled Oct 19 '24

“It’s just a wee rabbit!”

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u/ErwinFurwinPurrwin Oct 19 '24

Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!

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u/Y_eyeatta Oct 19 '24

Oh thank God. For a minute there I thought this was just a migraine medication hallucination.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '24

Cool, can you leave it be and stop trying to touch it?

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u/Paradox711 Oct 19 '24

To be honest it’s quite unusual behaviour for them to be so curious given that they’re prey animals.

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u/batboiben Oct 19 '24

This place is likely frequently visited by people who feed the rabbits

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u/Paradox711 Oct 19 '24

Very interesting. Not very much of a rare encounter in that case.

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u/UsualFederal Oct 19 '24

We need to round up enough of those to start a captive breeding program because they are some good natured little critters and should have their habitat duplicated so they can make everybody have a cute attack they would have minimal parameters. It’s just gonna be Cover predation and all their food sources. I bet they have a fascinating life cycle

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '24

Personally I'm more for leaving animals alone

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u/SmithersLoanInc Oct 20 '24

Stop destroying their environment, then

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '24

Why are you singling me out? You don't know enough about me to know I'm not trying to help animals. I volunteer at a charity that rescues wild animals'

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u/rosie2490 Oct 21 '24

But they’re rabbits. Don’t they mate…like rabbits? Or no?

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u/gorgonopsidkid Oct 21 '24

I don't think people understand how rare this is. This rabbit has only been observed 8 other times since 2000.

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u/catpogo2 Nov 13 '24

If I had one of these, I would name it melon butt

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u/Expert_Praline_9160 Nov 12 '24

That's a beautiful creature