#leporids

[weirdchristmas]

Before the internet, this was how they tried to trick you into believing impossible things.

[snototter]

A pair of European hares (Lepus europaeus) box each other in England

by TONY 1

[woodsonian]

This fella is up for offers over on Toyhouse! If you're interested but don't have TH you can reply / inbox me here for more info

[lepurcinus]

Being completely frank and based on my personal experiences.

I'm sure that 90% of the people who complain about the Watership Down miniseries designs for "Uhhh theY L00k lIke hAreS" are also the same type of people who really don't know how to make a basic distinction between the two animals beyond the typical "long ears and small bodies" and would call any moderately thin wild rabbit a "hare" while naming the hares on the right as rabbits.

(and that's not how it works, maybe it would help you to identify your pet rabbit compared to your average brown hare. But then you find out things like there are over 30 species of each, with their own characteristics and also that things like climatic differences in location also have an effect on the bodies of the animals so you know it's something a bit more complex).

The real problem here that makes the rabbits look so strange is the position of the limbs, as you can't see the fur covering them then they become more noticeable and the very unnatural poses of the rabbits only make it worse.

Also, thanks to @/Raggedybearcat on twitter talking about the rabbit problems of this adaptation in a more professional way. If you have time you can check out her thread, she gives a lot of good improtant key points on understanding the anatomy of these animals.

Another thing is that this has been by far the less worst example of official Watership Down material confusing hares with rabbits in a much more obvious way lmao.

[toeybox]

"Apple Rabbit" by Mysterious Brand Plushie Dreadfuls shop Plushie Fruitfuls collection 2023 [shop link]

[id: a plush rabbit with a simple, cutesy design. it has short tan fur, with fluffy red legs, ears, and forehead, evoking the colors of a sliced apple. its face has wideset black oval eyes, a nose and tiny frown, and brown freckles like apple seeds. a stubby apple stem and leaf come out of its head. its inner ears are patterned with drawings of apples. it has red stitches down its body and a small worm erupting from its chest. in the first picture it is popping out of an apple-themed bag, with one ear perking up; in the second it is sitting and facing the camera. /end id]

[itsoverfeeling]

Some kind of guy.

[black-salt-cage]

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[weirdchristmas]

Easter shmoke.