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Logan was hopping this morning

By adamg on Sat, 02/05/2022 - 12:44pm
Rabbit at Logan Airport
Bun closeup

Epic Stratton couldn't help but notice the rabbit hopping around Baggage Claim 2 at Logan's Terminal C this morning. Wild bun taking refuge from the storm (and the owls) or an escaped pet? Or was he hoping to hop onto a plane to somewhere warmer and just got lost?

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East Boston
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Wildlife
Rabbits
Logan Airport


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Comments

By Kaz on Sat, 02/05/2022 - 1:09pm.

I don't recall if it was on Reddit or Twitter, but someone noticed this rabbit recently as well. They comments said they tried to follow it and it went into some sort of hole in the wall and disappeared.

Seems like a (temporary) resident.

By anon on Sat, 02/05/2022 - 1:58pm.

He appears to be late for a very important date.

By anon on Sat, 02/05/2022 - 2:03pm.

He's late for a very important date. He missed the airport stop and got off at wonderland.

By The Fox 915 on Sat, 02/05/2022 - 2:05pm.

He is trying to get to Pismo Beach after taking that wrong flight from Albuquerque.

By anon on Sat, 02/05/2022 - 5:11pm.

That's all folks..

By Notfromboston on Sat, 02/05/2022 - 2:24pm.

Or maybe it flew from Florida when it heard about the softening of our vax mandate.

By Bob Leponge on Sat, 02/05/2022 - 2:56pm.

There's a whole sub-specialty of landscape designers whose job is to pick plantings for airports that look nice, but that aren't likely to be very hospitable to potentially invasive non-native insects that might have arrived from overseas; the idea is to prevent the stray visitor from gaining a foothold.

By ElizaLeila on Sat, 02/05/2022 - 7:30pm.

To not birds added reason to stay around.

(meaning no berries)

By CuteUsername on Sat, 02/05/2022 - 3:13pm.

Cottontail rabbits are a totally different species from domesticated rabbits. Apparently, domesticated rabbits can be bred to sort of look like a cottontail, but that really very much looks like a cottontail.

By Neal on Sat, 02/05/2022 - 3:19pm.

But an eastern cottontail, or a New England cottontail? They're hard to differentiate. One is endangered, but the other breeds, well, like rabbits.

By SamWack on Sat, 02/05/2022 - 5:25pm.

I learned that New England Cottontails are the only cottontails native to New England, but that their numbers are now tiny compared to those of the Eastern Cottontail; and that the two species are so similar that they can only reliably be told apart by genetic testing. I was immediately reminded of the Steven Wright routine that began "one day I woke up and everything in my apartment had been replaced by an exact replica."

By Bob Leponge on Sat, 02/05/2022 - 5:09pm.

The cottontail, in my opinion, is a finer, better proportioned, more “rabbity” rabbit than most of the fancy rabbits you’ll see exhibited at the state fair ag barns.

By Neal on Sat, 02/05/2022 - 3:16pm.

...or more likely seeking refuge from the airfield, which is a known habitat for snowy owls.

By anony-mouse on Sat, 02/05/2022 - 3:42pm.

Said someone here, once, about every animal

By Dave on Sun, 02/06/2022 - 2:34am.

That would be Elmer, of the non-Fudd variety.

By Lee on Sun, 02/06/2022 - 9:46am.

I was trying to remember his name. I always think “Homer” but know it’s not.