# Which is the loveliest rabbit? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 6, 2017, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856 "2017-11-06T04:19:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/1 "2017-11-06T04:19:25Z")
I’m voting for a [black otter rex](https://i.imgur.com/b1LD6lf.jpg). But I’m also fond of the [magpie harlequins](http://www.adoptarabbit.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Harlequin-Rabbit-Breed.jpg). Aren’t they lovely? I love rabbits! Do you have a favourite breed/colour? (Hey, you wags about to post a hassenpfeffer joke: don’t.) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/2 "2017-11-06T04:24:06Z")
Any bunny that comes with [a matching kitten.](https://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/kittens-and-their-matching-bunnies-7.jpg?w=800&h=420) Otherwise, I just like mutt bunnies. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/3 "2017-11-06T05:16:50Z")
I agree with Black Otter Rex. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/4 "2017-11-06T05:23:10Z")
Jessica? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/5 "2017-11-06T06:09:31Z")
The ones named George. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/6 "2017-11-06T06:31:23Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > The ones named George. And I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him and pat him and pet him and love him and caress him. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/7 "2017-11-06T06:42:10Z")
True story: as a kid I had an orange bunny called George. No photos exist (boo!) but he looked remarkably like this [stock photo rabbit](https://thumb7.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/277273/195484745/stock-photo-isolated-image-of-a-brown-bunny-rabbit-195484745.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/8 "2017-11-06T07:22:54Z")
> [@araminty](#): > > Which is the loveliest rabbit? I was a big fan of [Oolong](https://www.google.com/search?q=oolong+rabbit&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOsPrds6nXAhVD6GMKHZDLA_oQ_AUICigB&biw=1324&bih=969); AFAIK he was a just a plain ol’ domesticated rabbit, tho. While I think **running coach** ’s entry is gonna be tough to beat, I gotta give a shout out to [long haired rabbits](https://www.google.com/search?q=long+hair+rabbit&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwil4MCntKnXAhVH62MKHa2DA4IQ_AUICigB&biw=1324&bih=969): they manage to look cool and ridiculous, often at the same time (and _ddamn_ are they soft). ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/9 "2017-11-06T07:23:44Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > Jessica? That’s my vote, with second place going to [Bugs as Brunhilde](https://img.apmcdn.org/f1dea40a17e287304f45a86c20b713bce65aa0cd/normal/18bd3a-20160506-bugs-bunny-as-brunhilde.jpg). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/10 "2017-11-06T11:56:44Z")
[Slow-cooked and stewed](https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1660637/slowcooked-rabbit-stew). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/11 "2017-11-06T12:37:35Z")
What, no love for the legendary [jackalope](https://i0.wp.com/intentionaltravelerblog.rvnotepad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Jackalope-real.jpg?ssl=1) ? Seriously, though, asking which is the loveliest rabbit is like asking which water is the wettest. I suppose if I had to pick, I find myself drawn to bunnies that look like [this](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yo4cJQuuPCI/U_a1_HRafkI/AAAAAAAA8w0/YymcgRddNQs/s1600/04%2BMascara%2BDark%2BEye%2BRabbit%2BFarm%2BIjok%2BMalaysia-027.jpg) . ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/12 "2017-11-06T14:10:02Z")
Lola ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/13 "2017-11-06T16:36:09Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Lola Lola? She was a showgirl, but that was thirty years ago. BIP: I’d like a [blue Flemish Giant](http://www.petpeoplesplace.com/resources/gallery/images/uploads/Flemish-giant_1946388817.jpg). They can go 20 lbs and the longest measured 4 feet 3". And he wants that carrot _ **NOW** _! Not to be confused with [Blue Bunny.](https://www.bluebunny.com/flavors/all) ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/14 "2017-11-06T16:51:48Z")
No love for Leporidae [glennus closeia](https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=V8t8UPLN&id=37B4B19003577802E5A5688AF3B63875473B783D&thid=OIP.V8t8UPLNhIedtsVFUvP7qgEsDh&q=fatal+attraction+rabbit+in+pot&simid=608004540213824143&selectedIndex=1&ajaxhist=0)? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/15 "2017-11-06T16:52:08Z")
As a special this month (and all succeeding months), I’ve giving away every rabbit in my garden. They’re all so beautiful and special! You’ll love them!!! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/16 "2017-11-06T16:56:36Z")
Begorah! [One from me auld homeland](https://pioneerwoman.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/3946465536_c259c23285_o.jpg?w=630&h=420): ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/17 "2017-11-06T17:57:43Z")
Belgian hares. I’ve owned/raised a few rabbits and to me they were always the loveliest and best of the breeds. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/18 "2017-11-06T17:58:17Z")
What is it with people in pet threads suggesting the pets be killed and eaten? I used to have parrots, and inevitably someone would suggest killing and eating the parrots, for crying out loud. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/19 "2017-11-06T18:03:40Z")
When I was a child, I had Dutch Blue rabbits, and thought they were the coolest. But even then the various Rexes were popular, especially as bunnies. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/20 "2017-11-06T18:37:48Z")
Those black otter rexes are gorgeous. I also like the [English Spot Rabbit](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9M_20v7SmmI/T4VzTnIDS-I/AAAAAAAAAEE/AGQ9vchW99g/s1600/kelinci-english-spot1.jpg). The Dalmatian of rabbits! What are those little ones with short black ears and black eyes? They’re adorable. I only see them at county fairs. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856.md?page=2)