How long can the rabbit survive? (1 Viewer)

[Ditkaless Wonders]

There was a rabbit on the fourth level of our parking garage this morning. It is 15 degrees out. Now I know they readily survive entire winters of worse temperatures, but they do that in areas where they can burrow in the snow for warmth, and where they can eat and drink. The concrete of the garage offers no insulation, no food, and no water. I place its survival duration at 24 hours or less if it cannot find its way out. Maybe a bit longer if it warms itself under warm cars or trucks which have just pulled in. that seems a very hostile survival environment for the rabbit if it does not find its way back down and out. Of course, maybe its the Bear Grylls of bunnies.

 

[dickey moe]

Trap it. Drive out to the country. Release it back into the wild. Win-win.

 

[John Bender]

There's probably a animal service you can call that will come out and get it back to safety

 

[Leroy Hoard]

This means someone near you will soon become pregnant.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

There's probably a animal service you can call that will come out and get it back to safety

I am not in any way emotionally attached to the rodent. I am like Ivan Drago as he regarded the prostrate Apollo Creed. "If he dice, he dice."

My interest is purely academic.

 

[mr roboto]

What makes you question whether he can find his way out? How do you think he got in?

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

What makes you question whether he can find his way out? How do you think he got in?

I think he more or less got flushed in by snow and traffic. Were he on the ground level I have no doubt it could get out. As it is, four levels up on concrete that does not hold scent I question whether it has the mental map of the way out. For all I know it does, but also, for all I know it does not. Certainly it is not the type of environment which would have the usual landmarks a bunny might use to navigate. Also the sun is not reference-able in there.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Where's my hassenpfeffer?!?!?

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

Where's my hassenpfeffer?!?!?

Common dish in my home growing up.

 

[arrow1]

I'm sure he will locate the elevator soon....

 

[Mookie]

I think there was a Los Lobos song about this.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

Oh, if it moves up instead of back down it will be on the top level. There is a hawk which resides on our building directly above the garage. that hawk keeps the pigeon population in check, but perhaps it would also have a taste for rabbit (very likely). Very little safety if it comes up.

 

[sho nuff]

Without lawnmowers involved...he is probably ok.

 

[mr roboto]

What makes you question whether he can find his way out? How do you think he got in?

I think he more or less got flushed in by snow and traffic. Were he on the ground level I have no doubt it could get out. As it is, four levels up on concrete that does not hold scent I question whether it has the mental map of the way out. For all I know it does, but also, for all I know it does not. Certainly it is not the type of environment which would have the usual landmarks a bunny might use to navigate. Also the sun is not reference-able in there.

I don't know whether to applaud or mock you for putting this much thought into a bunny that you admit you don't really care about.

 

[Ray Karpis]

Thought this was a sex toy longevity question. Mrs. Karpis has a cordless that's going on 5 years.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I think there was a Los Lobos song about this.

Through the chill of winter

Running across the frozen lake

Hunters are out on his trail

All odds are against him

With a family to provide for

The one thing he must keep alive

Will the rabbit survive

 

[Chemical X]

are you sure it's a rabbit? if it's a hare, all bets are off.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Follow. But! Follow only if ye be men of valor! For the entrance to this parking garage is guarded by a creature so foul, so cruel, that no man yet has fought with it... and lived! BONES of full fifty men lie strewn about its lair! So! Brave knights! If you do doubt your courage or your strength, come no further, for death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

I'm sure he will locate the elevator soon....

Perhaps, but the door into the elevator area is heavy, and I am unclear whether the rabbit could decipher the buttons once in. (He could reach them with a good hop, but which one to press?)

I presume it will find its way out, or that some female will spot it and call Animal Control.

In the end it is unlikely I will ever know the fate of the rabbit. Unless it expires in my parking space I would not have any way of knowing its fate.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

What makes you question whether he can find his way out? How do you think he got in?

I think he more or less got flushed in by snow and traffic. Were he on the ground level I have no doubt it could get out. As it is, four levels up on concrete that does not hold scent I question whether it has the mental map of the way out. For all I know it does, but also, for all I know it does not. Certainly it is not the type of environment which would have the usual landmarks a bunny might use to navigate. Also the sun is not reference-able in there.

I don't know whether to applaud or mock you for putting this much thought into a bunny that you admit you don't really care about.

Mocking is generally the appropriate default position when it comes to me.

 

[arrow1]

I'm sure he will locate the elevator soon....

Perhaps, but the door into the elevator area is heavy, and I am unclear whether the rabbit could decipher the buttons once in. (He could reach them with a good hop, but which one to press?)

I presume it will find its way out, or that some female will spot it and call Animal Control.

In the end it is unlikely I will ever know the fate of the rabbit. Unless it expires in my parking space I would not have any way of knowing its fate.

all he has to do is hit the "\/" button with his little bunny paws. One good bounce and he's good.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

are you sure it's a rabbit? if it's a hare, all bets are off.

Standard issue cottontail.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

Follow. But! Follow only if ye be men of valor! For the entrance to this parking garage is guarded by a creature so foul, so cruel, that no man yet has fought with it... and lived! BONES of full fifty men lie strewn about its lair! So! Brave knights! If you do doubt your courage or your strength, come no further, for death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth.

So are you suggesting a holy hand grenade?

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Follow. But! Follow only if ye be men of valor! For the entrance to this parking garage is guarded by a creature so foul, so cruel, that no man yet has fought with it... and lived! BONES of full fifty men lie strewn about its lair! So! Brave knights! If you do doubt your courage or your strength, come no further, for death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth.

So are you suggesting a holy hand grenade?

That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

I'll be damned! I looked out my window, knowing there was a one in a million chance only of seeing the stupid rabbit. To see it, it would have had to have come up another level, and then not be hiding under any vehicles. Well I looked out and there was that darn rabbit, or another. (What are the odds it could be another. I do admit, though, that I could not distinguish one from another absent very close observation.)

Note, absent using the stairs or the elevator it is 1/3 of a mile from where the rodent is now to the nearest exit. 11 correct turns to take the shortest route.

 

[Dickies]

We need to get Da Guru on this

 

[Charlie Steiner]

What makes you question whether he can find his way out? How do you think he got in?

Probably took a wrong turn in Albuquerque on his way to Pismo Beach.

 

[BobbyLayne]

You think just because humans can get lost trying to get their car out of the fourth floor of a garage, the rabbit might become similarly disoriented on his way to freedom?

I'd take rabbit over general population 8 days a week.

The rabbit will be fine.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

You think just because humans can get lost trying to get their car out of the fourth floor of a garage, the rabbit might become similarly disoriented on his way to freedom?

I'd take rabbit over general population 8 days a week.

The rabbit will be fine.

I don't think anything as of yet. Still in the observation and formulating hypothesis stages.

 

[TheIronSheik]

What color was the rabbit?

 

[AnonymousBob]

The rabbit is testing you. Studying your emotions and reactions to his carefully designed 'predicament'.

 

[Sweet J]

Where's my hassenpfeffer?!?!?

Outstanding.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

New hypothesis. The rabbit on the top level has been leading the rabbit on the fourth level to its doom. Two rabbits, one sinister.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

What color was the rabbit?

Rabbit colored. Tawny with a white under-tail.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

The rabbit is testing you. Studying your emotions and reactions to his carefully designed 'predicament'.

So long and thanks for all the fish?

 

[BobbyLayne]

You think just because humans can get lost trying to get their car out of the fourth floor of a garage, the rabbit might become similarly disoriented on his way to freedom?

I'd take rabbit over general population 8 days a week.

The rabbit will be fine.

I don't think anything as of yet. Still in the observation and formulating hypothesis stages.

I didn't realize how far north you must be (15 degrees, snow), it's been pretty mild in most of the midwest.

Do you have a critter control place around there you can call?

That or round up a dozen lawyer/dairy farmers and flush him out.

My initial nonchalance has been been replaced by genuine concern.



Keep the updates coming.

 

[Das Boot]

What makes you question whether he can find his way out? How do you think he got in?

Probably took a wrong turn in Albuquerque on his way to Pismo Beach.

You have to be of a certain age and have watched your fair share of cartoons to know this one at a glance.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

You think just because humans can get lost trying to get their car out of the fourth floor of a garage, the rabbit might become similarly disoriented on his way to freedom?

I'd take rabbit over general population 8 days a week.

The rabbit will be fine.

I don't think anything as of yet. Still in the observation and formulating hypothesis stages.

I didn't realize how far north you must be (15 degrees, snow), it's been pretty mild in most of the midwest.

Aurora Colorado, it has warmed to 21.

Do you have a critter control place around there you can call?

Likely there are Animal Control Officers using the parking garage as I type. I am in a government building.

That or round up a dozen lawyer/dairy farmers and flush him out.

There cannot be a dozen such in the whole City. Good notebook, btw.

My initial nonchalance has been been replaced by genuine concern.

I will try to soften the blow, if it comes to that. Like when your parents told you they took old Shep to live on a farm.



Keep the updates coming.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

New hypothesis. The rabbit may be some sort of wiring harness junky.

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/07/29/rabbits-causing-damage-to-parked-cars-near-dia/

 

[BobbyLayne]

You think just because humans can get lost trying to get their car out of the fourth floor of a garage, the rabbit might become similarly disoriented on his way to freedom?

I'd take rabbit over general population 8 days a week.

The rabbit will be fine.

I don't think anything as of yet. Still in the observation and formulating hypothesis stages.

I didn't realize how far north you must be (15 degrees, snow), it's been pretty mild in most of the midwest.

Aurora Colorado, it has warmed to 21.

Oops, wrong time zone

Do you have a critter control place around there you can call?

Likely there are Animal Control Officers using the parking garage as I type. I am in a government building.

This may resolve itself. Few things more comforting than "I'm from the government & here to help"

That or round up a dozen lawyer/dairy farmers and flush him out.

There cannot be a dozen such in the whole City. Good notebook, btw.

You've definitely found a niche.

My initial nonchalance has been been replaced by genuine concern.

I will try to soften the blow, if it comes to that. Like when your parents told you they took old Shep to live on a farm.

[shudders] Actually, when I was about 5, I stood up on the bumper to peek over the tailgate to see ole Trigger laying in the pickup bed after getting hit by a car right in front of our house. He growled at me, which was terrifying. Pretty sure my dad & older brother tried to prevent that but I snuck over when they weren't looking. Good thought, though - let his be an object lesson for parents of youngsters.



Keep the updates coming.

 

[BobbyLayne]

New hypothesis. The rabbit may be some sort of wiring harness junky.

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/07/29/rabbits-causing-damage-to-parked-cars-near-dia/

The Sherlock Holmes silhouettes (advertisement) is a nice touch.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

You think just because humans can get lost trying to get their car out of the fourth floor of a garage, the rabbit might become similarly disoriented on his way to freedom?

I'd take rabbit over general population 8 days a week.

The rabbit will be fine.

I don't think anything as of yet. Still in the observation and formulating hypothesis stages.

I didn't realize how far north you must be (15 degrees, snow), it's been pretty mild in most of the midwest.

Aurora Colorado, it has warmed to 21.

Oops, wrong time zone

Do you have a critter control place around there you can call?

Likely there are Animal Control Officers using the parking garage as I type. I am in a government building.

This may resolve itself. Few things more comforting than "I'm from the government & here to help"

That or round up a dozen lawyer/dairy farmers and flush him out.

There cannot be a dozen such in the whole City. Good notebook, btw.

You've definitely found a niche.

My initial nonchalance has been been replaced by genuine concern.

I will try to soften the blow, if it comes to that. Like when your parents told you they took old Shep to live on a farm.

[shudders] Actually, when I was about 5, I stood up on the bumper to peek over the tailgate to see ole Trigger laying in the pickup bed after getting hit by a car right in front of our house. He growled at me, which was terrifying. Pretty sure my dad & older brother tried to prevent that but I snuck over when they weren't looking. Good thought, though - let his be an object lesson for parents of youngsters.



Keep the updates coming.

Its like a Christmas post, given our color choices.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

What makes you question whether he can find his way out? How do you think he got in?

Probably took a wrong turn in Albuquerque on his way to Pismo Beach.

You have to be of a certain age and have watched your fair share of cartoons to know this one at a glance.

Spongebob?

 

[bakes]

There was a dude on the fourth level of our warren this morning. It is 15 degrees out. Now I know they readily survive entire winters of worse temperatures, but they do that in wooden structures where they can go inside for warmth, and where they can eat and drink. The dirt of our warren offers little insulation, no food, and no water. I place its survival duration at 24 hours or less if it cannot find its way out. That seems a very hostile survival environment for the dude if it does not find its way back up and out. Of course, maybe its Bear Grylls.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

There was a dude on the fourth level of our warren this morning. It is 15 degrees out. Now I know they readily survive entire winters of worse temperatures, but they do that in wooden structures where they can go inside for warmth, and where they can eat and drink. The dirt of our warren offers little insulation, no food, and no water. I place its survival duration at 24 hours or less if it cannot find its way out. That seems a very hostile survival environment for the dude if it does not find its way back up and out. Of course, maybe its Bear Grylls.

If I came upon bear Grylls in a survival situation I would cut him open and climb inside for warmth. Also, very unlike Bear, I would not find it necessary to consume his, or any others, genitalia for sustenance.

 

[AnonymousBob]

There was a dude on the fourth level of our warren this morning. It is 15 degrees out. Now I know they readily survive entire winters of worse temperatures, but they do that in wooden structures where they can go inside for warmth, and where they can eat and drink. The dirt of our warren offers little insulation, no food, and no water. I place its survival duration at 24 hours or less if it cannot find its way out. That seems a very hostile survival environment for the dude if it does not find its way back up and out. Of course, maybe its Bear Grylls.

If I came upon bear Grylls in a survival situation I would cut him open and climb inside for warmth. Also, very unlike Bear, I would not find it necessary to consume his, or any others, genitalia for sustenance.

Necessary? Maybe not. Fun and delicious?

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

There was a dude on the fourth level of our warren this morning. It is 15 degrees out. Now I know they readily survive entire winters of worse temperatures, but they do that in wooden structures where they can go inside for warmth, and where they can eat and drink. The dirt of our warren offers little insulation, no food, and no water. I place its survival duration at 24 hours or less if it cannot find its way out. That seems a very hostile survival environment for the dude if it does not find its way back up and out. Of course, maybe its Bear Grylls.

If I came upon bear Grylls in a survival situation I would cut him open and climb inside for warmth. Also, very unlike Bear, I would not find it necessary to consume his, or any others, genitalia for sustenance.

Necessary? Maybe not. Fun and delicious?

Leave it to you to strike just the right comedic balance between culinary expedience and gayness. You truly are top tier in my book.

 

[Godsbrother]

All you need is a box of Trix. Leave a trail to the exit and the tricky rabbit will be free.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Turkish: Well the rabbit gets ####ed.

Tommy: [pauses] Proper ####ed?

Turkish: Yes, before "Zee Germans" get there.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

All you need is a box of Trix. Leave a trail to the exit and the tricky rabbit will be free.

At the moment I am observing, not interceding. that is probably a good thing for the rabbit as generally my intercession with rabbits ends up with me consuming them with the hearty gusto Bear Grylls reserves for warthog ****.

(I have no idea way the Bear Grylls obsession today. Probably some sort of repressed homosexual thing.)