Science Marches On!

Transplant specialists with the Center for Irresponsible Science announce they have successfully installed human hands onto a rabbit. “Until now, a rabbit’s front paws have been useful only for digging,” notes lead researcher Dr. Gertrude Ominous. “But with more versatile fingers, they will be able to pick up the phone and hire a contractor instead.”

rabbit with toy hands
Only now they tell me I have to keep washing them. (Instagram)
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24 thoughts on “Science Marches On!

  1. 6rabbits March 15, 2020 / 9:03 am

    The bun is adorable, the hands are bizzaro!😳

  2. Ricky & Bibi's Mom March 15, 2020 / 9:26 am

    Ewww, creepy hands are not cute. Bun-bun is gorgeous, though.

  3. Luv Bunny March 15, 2020 / 9:29 am

    Is it just me but what’s going on here? The hands look fake and the Center for Irresponsible Science certainly is living up to its name. I love the pretty white bun but the rest is creepy.
    NTMTOM, in an earlier post, I said I was glad Ani was doing better, so are her and Teddy Bear getting along better?

  4. allein 🐾 March 15, 2020 / 9:38 am

    Bun is side-eying those “scientists” big time.

  5. -J March 15, 2020 / 10:24 am

    Is the Center for Irresponsible Science currently hiring?

    • allein 🐾 March 15, 2020 / 10:43 am

      I was going to ask the same thing. I have no science qualifications but I’m guessing that’s not a problem at the CIS.

      • Alice Shortcake March 15, 2020 / 5:26 pm

        I don’t have any science qualifications either, but I have an instinctive understanding of science because my uncle was good at physics.

        I had no idea heredity worked that way until the Orange Menace pointed it out…

        • allein 🐾 March 15, 2020 / 5:35 pm

          Darwin was wrong!!

        • dubravkamcvmd March 15, 2020 / 5:53 pm

          Oh is the Orange Menace current in England? My current name for it is Malevolent Clown.

      • Blue Footed Booby March 16, 2020 / 12:37 pm

        Sometimes I light stuff on fire just to see what happens. Is that qualification enough?

        • allein 🔥 March 16, 2020 / 1:06 pm

          Sounds pretty irresponsible, so I’ll say probably yes.

  6. Dulcie March 15, 2020 / 10:44 am

    Yes, poor bun has to keep washing them…but they are also touching his face 😁!
    Speaking of washing, how clean is this super white bunny!

  7. Nancy March 15, 2020 / 11:02 am

    Wash those paws!! Wash those paws!! Wash those paws!!! (We pet people don’t have hands anymore, all paws….) Wash those paws!

  8. Debg March 15, 2020 / 11:04 am

    NOMTOM, you always deliver. Thanks for the belly laugh!

    Poor bunbun will soon have hands as chapped as mine!

  9. dubravkamcvmd March 15, 2020 / 12:24 pm

    Dr. Gertrude Ominous is a great name for a scientist.

  10. Duckie 🐥 March 15, 2020 / 1:58 pm

    You just know that the contractor he hires will be a bun with hands.
    My wings are cracked and bleeding from the chronic washing and the bitter cold. Little Duckie’s cage heater arrives tomorrow and then I can have my Magic Bags back.
    Quick laugh. We went to church this morning, and you could see people mentally calculating the distance between families so the chance of contagion was reduced. That alone was funny, but even worse was when those who came late to avoid the crowds in the entrance started ruining everyone’s calculations by sitting in the deliberately left empty spots.

    • SoccerSue March 15, 2020 / 3:26 pm

      I’ve seen photos of churches where they used yellow tape to divide up the pews, so that people would sit the recommended distance apart. Most of the churches in my town had online services this morning, which is also a good idea as long as all the parishioners have access to internet.

      • allein 🐾 March 15, 2020 / 3:35 pm

        My mom said she didn’t go to church today but someone told her there were only 28 people there.

        My company’s stores apparently took out some of the tables in the cafes so they could space the remaining ones further apart. (The store closest to me doesn’t have a cafe but was supposed to be getting one last year; I’m guessing the manager is extra glad they’re moving so slow on putting it in right now.) Also took out the train tables in the children’s department.

  11. N. Fritz March 15, 2020 / 4:38 pm

    I had to make a snap decision: either drive to Vienna today to spend the Coronavirus crisis with my bf, or stay in my village and wait out the social distancing. So here I am in Vienna, watching a German crime drama and one of my former students has a starring role!!!

  12. murkle46 March 15, 2020 / 4:58 pm


    Benefits of washing.

    • Kar March 15, 2020 / 5:36 pm

      …his fleece was as white as snow.

  13. Alice Shortcake March 15, 2020 / 5:29 pm

    While away those hours of enforced isolation by power-washing your sheep!

    • dubravkamcvmd March 15, 2020 / 5:49 pm

      LOL sounds like a lot of fun to me. Said sheep seems perfectly happy about it.

    • Debg March 15, 2020 / 6:20 pm

      I think they also degreased the wool. Sheep is much fluffier now—definitely spin-ready!

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