bunnygirl75
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Has anyone ever known a rabbit to swim?
Has anyone ever known a rabbit to swim?
in watership down they float on a raft to escape the evil rabbits of efrafa and maybe one of them swims to push the raft - extreme circumstances though!
I should think they'd only ever do it if the alternative was worse, ie a predator.
There are some videos on Youtube of people forcing their rabbit to swim by putting it in a swimming pool or paddling pool. This is an immensly cruel thing to do. Swimming is not a natural action for a rabbit.
Well....my first rabbit voluntarily jumped into the pond and (after initially being rather surprised that the lily pad on the surface couldn't sustain her weight :lol promptly swam to the side without difficulty or harm. My second rabbit willingly waded in and swam a little to eat the stuff growing in the centre of the pond :roll:
I guess it just depends on how much they really need to be in the water?
Thats different, I'd imagine they didn't realise tbh - they aren't likely to have thought - 'oh I'll just take a dip and go for a swim in the pond, I fancy a swim'. They aren't amphibious by nature.
I was just replying to question in the the first post "Has anyone ever known a rabbit to swim?" - by which case yes, I have known rabbits to swim :wave: