Adorable baby bunnies♥
2 weeks old munchkins♥
Where’s mommy~?
It’s meh
Huh..?
Das right, I'm their mother
Hen that embraces bunnies ‘Kkokko’
Alright. Scooch
Mommy, it’s cold..
Kkokko: Alright, don't worry.
(Warm-)
A hen is taking care of baby bunnies?
Guardian: Strangely, I’ve never seen the mother rabbit breastfeed them
Neighbor: If the hen didn’t embrace them, the kittens would’ve died
They would have, long ago
Instead of the momma rabbit that doesn’t parent her kittens
Kkokko’s been taking care of them
Kitten: Where's momma!!!!
The rabbit’s back
Real momma rabbit
Go to your kittens! Hurry!
Get in!
Mommy rabbit: My babies? Long time no see (awks)
Guardian: Hurry up and feed them!!!
Gotcha
That punk, she runs away..
Momma rabbit runs off leaving her kittens behind
COZY
That night
Momma rabbit caught on the camera
(Bloop)
Kiddos, mommy’s hewre
Huh? Mommy?
Mommy's home!
As the momma rabbit comes
Kkokko yields
Momma rabbit is breastfeeding the kittens!
(Suckle)
The kittens finally eat...★
Bye now
Kkokko: It’s mah turn now
Momma rabbit and Kkokko were co-parenting
Korea Urban Ecology Research Center Park Byeong-Kwon, Director
Park Byeong-Kwon: I mean, this is very rare / It’s my first time seeing something like this as well
(Takes pics)
Avoiding their natural enemies, rabbits tend to look after their kits not too frequently
Even if they feed the kits once, they breastfeed the kits for about 5 to 10 minutes (a day)
And that’s enough to deliver concentrated nutrients necessary for the kits
According to the rabbits’ natural habit
the momma rabbit was parenting her kits well
Then, what about Kkokko..?
Park Byeong-Kwon: The hen is raising them in her imagination, thinking she bore them
Kkokko believes
the bunnies are her chicks
Park Byeong-Kwon: Rather than stressing her out by separating them or shooing her away,
I think it’s better to keep it as is
Thanks to momma rabbit & auntie chicken’s perfect co-parenting
the bunnies are growing leaps and bounds by the day haha
Guardian: If Kkokko raises the bunnies until they wean
we’ll make a separate fence so she’ll live happily
Mommy! Auntie! Thank y’all :)♥