AIBU to think that bunnies are fluffy but not velvety?

[ClaireDeLoon]

:o a place to hide from extreme opinions and comtemplate fluffy things like bunnies and kittens.

And errrr no pedants pointing out spelling mistakes allowed ok?

Well, it depends on the bunny. I have encountered some velvety ones. but then there are lots of fluffy ones. ARGH.

This is kind of like in the TV show How I Met Your Mother when they have a HUGE fight over what's better, ducks or rabbits (ducks, obviously. They're ridiculously tasty)

Dependson the breed, some are.

I think bunnies & kittens are neither velvety nor fluffy but mostly scratchy. Especially bunnies

Rex rabbits are velvety not fluffy

Perhaps bunnies that have had a shave but it's just growing back would be velvety? But otherwise they would definitely not be velvety as their fur would be too long and more fluffy.

In general I'd agree that bunnies are fluffy rather than velvety. And I'd include hamsters and guinea pigs in your fluffy category as well.

On a slightly divergent note, I'd also assert that new-born baby guinea pigs are the cutest animals ever found. They have along gestation, and are born fully fluffy and with their eyes open, unlike baby bunnies which have to grow into their cuteness.

Dammit you're right Rex bunnies are velvety

Apparently I was BU sorry.

That is the main comment everyone makes when they stroke our Rex

Ive encountered a very, very velvety bunny. It was wonderful. And made me want a bunny.

eh hem what does this tell you

I want a bunny now too. Makes a change from wanting a kitten though.

I want a pet lion after reading this, particularly when you want the video at the bottom of the article.

DP's still insisting on a pet lynx.

LOVE this thread!

Yes the lion story is lovely. Not sure I would have stood there as a wild lion came running towards me though.

Simon King did the same with cheetah cubs, they were rereleased and he went back and they were jumping all over him too.

I wonder if lions and cheetahs are velvety?

I imagine they are. There's a lion sanctuary near Johannesburg where you get to play with lion cubs. I've seen tons of pictures of friends and relatives doing it, but haven't had a chance. It's a dream of mine. I imagine they're fluffy.

When I'm sad I go to the pet shop and look at the guinea pigs.

I'm going to do that today.

Been thinking about it further, leopards would be velvety but snow leopards would be fluffy without velvetiness.

Guinea pigs on the other hand have ears made out of butter soft leather.

Our rabbits are fluffy and velvety

The lion story, there is a documentary on that it was really good. Love it

God. I love guinea pigs so much. I wish I WAS a guinea pig so that I could have sex with another guinea pig.

Yeah.

most bunnies are fluffy we had one yeeeeears ago that was velvetty and speckled looking but she commited suicide ..

24 posts to get from fluffy bunnies to guinea pig sex

Bunny suicide? Really and truly?