Comments on: GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK Closer Look … Funny Bunny? http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/closer-look-is-this-a-rare-rabbit/ Enjoy the Smokies Courtesy of the Great Smoky Mountains Association! Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:04:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Coyote http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/closer-look-is-this-a-rare-rabbit/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Coyote Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:16:47 +0000 http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=371#comment-53 The Cherokee name for Gregory Bald was "Tsistu'yi," or "Rabbit Place." According to tribal lore, the chief of all rabbits— known simply as the Great Rabbit— lived at the summit.[4] The rabbit, considered by the Cherokee to be sly and mischievous, was a key figure in tribal legends, showing the importance the tribe placed upon the mountain.[5] The Cherokee name for Gregory Bald was “Tsistu’yi,” or “Rabbit Place.” According to tribal lore, the chief of all rabbits— known simply as the Great Rabbit— lived at the summit.[4] The rabbit, considered by the Cherokee to be sly and mischievous, was a key figure in tribal legends, showing the importance the tribe placed upon the mountain.[5]

]]> By: andrew stoop http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/closer-look-is-this-a-rare-rabbit/comment-page-1/#comment-55 andrew stoop Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:55:44 +0000 http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=371#comment-55 That isn't a pattern on the bunny. He is losing his hair and trying to rub it off like a deer does his antlers. Was it in the springtime? That isn’t a pattern on the bunny. He is losing his hair and trying to rub it off like a deer does his antlers. Was it in the springtime?

]]> By: Douglas Sutherland http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/closer-look-is-this-a-rare-rabbit/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Douglas Sutherland Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:49:50 +0000 http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=371#comment-54 Hey I saw this bunny too! I was up there a few weeks ago taking pictures of the azaleas and also saw the bunny. I took a few shots and then he ran off into the bushes. I was imagining he said "nyah nyah you can't get me" haha Here is one of my pictures of him/her http://www.flickr.com/photos/dsphoto-/2563739238/ I agree his markings do look a bit different from the bunnies we have around the house in knoxville. Hey I saw this bunny too! I was up there a few weeks ago taking pictures of the azaleas and also saw the bunny. I took a few shots and then he ran off into the bushes. I was imagining he said “nyah nyah you can’t get me” haha

Here is one of my pictures of him/her

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dsphoto-/2563739238/

I agree his markings do look a bit different from the bunnies we have around the house in knoxville.

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