Could it just be as simple as these are 'wild' American bunnies, and that is why Joos has never seen any quite like them in Europe? My Mom had a good half-dozen of these little cuties hopping around her yard in Massachusetts, pointy little ears and all! (The ears really do have sort of a crease running the length of them, as if they had been folded.lengthwise.) This spring, they started out smaller than a pack of cigarettes, now they are about three-quarters grown. I thought for sure they were going to be eaten. It used to be cats would eat them young, but now coyotes have moved into town, and wiped out most of the cats These guys have survived by staying very close to a thicket grown from wild grape leaves that comes right down to the ground. Nothing bigger than a bunny could chase them in there. (Obviously my neighbourhood mink doesn't travel that far!) When I drive into my Mom's yard, little brown bunnies explode from beneath her garden flowers and streak toward the thicket. She hates them because they nibble on her rose bushes. Her dog plays with them. (She says he is a 'traitor.") Alexandra in MA (An' I'm gonna eat *you* on thursday...) [Posted in FML issue 4960]