Kittens Raised By Rabbits Now Hop Like They're Bunnies

Jun 04, 2020 by apost team

In a video posted in 2016, three kittens were seen 'hopping' like bunnies, presumably because they were raised around rabbits.

Few baby animals are cuter than kittens, except maybe baby bunnies. Combine the two and there is just sweet cuteness overload.

In this wonderful video, little orphaned kittens play with their rabbit friends. The rabbits don't seem to notice or care that the kittens don't look exactly like them. After all, they are almost the same size. Their ears and tails may be a little different, but they still hop like bunnies.

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It seems that these friends have played together so much that the kittens have started picking up a few rabbit habits, like hopping. Like the bunnies, the kittens hop over and around each other and the rabbits.

Sometimes they are so intermingled it's hard to tell which are the cats and which are the bunnies. The upbeat music in the background almost makes it seem like the animals are dancing together.

When rabbits are happy, they do a move that rabbit experts call a "binky." It's a little hop of joy punctuated by a bit of a twist. They've taught their kitty playmates well because the kittens have nailed the binky move.

As they play, the kittens periodically run to their owner who is filming. It is almost as if they are saying, "Did you see me do the binky! I'm like a bunny!" The bunnies and kitties have no fear of each other. Obviously they have grown up together and have no idea that sometimes cats and rabbits don't get along.

At one point one of the kittens nimbly hops over a bunny, and later a kitten presses up next to his bunny friend and they hop along together. The group seems to like to stick close to each other, taking turns performing their playful binky step. They even all chew grass together.

Some people say rabbits can be litter box trained, which makes us wonder how much sharing will be in the future for these furry friends. If the rabbits taught the cats the binky step, can the cats teach the rabbits the litterbox step?

Have you seen a kitten hop like a bunny before? Let us know in the comments and be sure to pass this along to your friends and family.