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- From: "Amy Young Leith" <alyoung@kiwi.ucs.indiana.edu>
- Subject: Re: Funny bunnies, or at least interesting
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.161843.10422@news.cs.indiana.edu>
- Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington
- References: <1992Dec23.211722.9925@ee.ubc.ca> <1992Dec23.175406.9853@news.cs.indiana.edu> <1hnjmnINNcof@shelley.u.washington.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 16:18:37 -0500
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- In article <1hnjmnINNcof@shelley.u.washington.edu> milligan@carson.u.washington.edu (Paula Milligan) writes:
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- >time to go in now." To my amazement, Sputnik THUMPED! I tried it again,
- >making sure to only use a very low-key, normal tone of voice, and he
- >thumped again! We went through this about six times, and by then I was
- [...]
- >expectantly. When Derek ignored him, he thumped twice to let us know he
- >didn't think it was very polite to eat in front of him.
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- I have never seen the thumping behavior from Dink, even in a situation
- where he would understandably feel "threatened." Is this a purely
- instictive behavior? We got him when he was terribly young, and
- perhaps his lack of interaction with other buns has weaked such
- responses? Or perhaps he's just very secure? His big show of
- disappointment or frustration is grunting.
-
- amy
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