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Nature: Doe rescues rabbit from hawk

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:02 pm
by GunnyGene

Re: Nature: Doe rescues rabbit from hawk

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:55 pm
by Cofisher
That is intense! She is single minded about killing that bird. Never heard of this.

Re: Nature: Doe rescues rabbit from hawk

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 2:04 pm
by Rifletom
Never heard of something like that either Cofisher. That is one *issed off deer! Even spooked the other deer off. Dang!
Heck of a video Gunny.

Re: Nature: Doe rescues rabbit from hawk

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 3:30 pm
by Sir Henry
I was rooting for the hawk because it was just getting dinner which is natural. The doe doesn’t eat meat and it going after the hawk was not natural.

But then I’m a military hawk.

Thanks for posting.

Re: Nature: Doe rescues rabbit from hawk

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 4:48 pm
by markiver54
Incredibly odd!

Re: Nature: Doe rescues rabbit from hawk

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 7:56 pm
by GunnyGene
I suspect there might have been a newborn fawn nearby, and the doe was more interested in eliminating a potential threat (pre-emptive strike) than in saving the rabbit, but who knows. Maybe the doe and the bunny were just good buddies. ;)

Re: Nature: Doe rescues rabbit from hawk

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 9:17 am
by cooperhawk
It's very simple, it's just Bambi rescuing Thumper. Right out of Disney. :lol:

Deer Defends Rabbit !!!

Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 11:11 am
by JEBar
while I've heard of some animals protecting others, this is a first for me for something like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3daEXYe19g

Re: Deer Defends Rabbit !!!

Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 11:18 am
by cooperhawk
wow! That deer was pissed. :o

Re: Deer Defends Rabbit !!!

Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 12:10 pm
by JEBar
the only thing that makes sense to me is the sound of an injured rabbit bleats is similar to the ones from a fawn .... the doe that came to the assistance of the bunny may have recently given birth and she reacted .... in short, the hawk was taken down by one ticked off mama .... :lol:

Re: Deer Defends Rabbit !!!

Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 4:10 pm
by CT_Shooter
This was shared here earlier by Gunnygene (http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... it#p178616), but it documents an amazing interaction between species. Very nice.

Re: Deer Defends Rabbit !!!

Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 4:41 pm
by Rifletom
Didn't want anything to do with that other deer either. Ticked off mama.

Re: Deer Defends Rabbit !!!

Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 4:43 pm
by JEBar
CT_Shooter wrote:
Mon May 02, 2022 4:10 pm
This was shared here earlier by Gunnygene (http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... it#p178616), but it documents an amazing interaction between species. Very nice.
thanks for the tip .... I merged the two threads