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Swamp rabbits. Who knew... (Original Post) Old Crank Nov 21 OP
President Carter knew. Autumn Nov 21 #1
Fresh from school, my husband was a herper counting reptiles in the Georgia swamps. quaint Nov 21 #2
It's really, really hard to not like Bunnies. chouchou Nov 21 #3
I Don't Want a Bunny Wunny fargone Nov 21 #4
:) Solly Mack Nov 21 #5
What a cool place wryter2000 Nov 21 #6

Autumn

(46,508 posts)
1. President Carter knew.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 10:12 AM
Nov 21
https://thebaffler.com/stories/jimmy-carters-rabbit

I’m talking about what happened with the swamp rabbit. The newspapers called it a killer.

The killer rabbit plowed through the water toward Carter’s boat in the spring of 1979. Carter was fishing alone on a pond at the time. Startled, he threatened the thing with his oar, splashing at the water to shoo it away. The vermin grudgingly changed its course. Not much of a story, but when it was leaked Carter was ridiculed for telling tall tales. People didn’t believe rabbits could swim, for one thing. But soon a White House photographer showed up with pictures of the scene that backed Carter up, showing a large, light-brown hare, red-eyed and dog-paddling, and Carter splashing the water’s surface a few feet from the animal in what looked like a feeble defensive posture.


https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2015/04/24/sot-jimmy-carter-rabbit-attack-reliable-sources-2010.cnn

quaint

(3,611 posts)
2. Fresh from school, my husband was a herper counting reptiles in the Georgia swamps.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 10:12 AM
Nov 21

Pre-internet, I thought he was making up his rabbit stories.

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