The rabbit whisperer: Cliff's gentle touch leaves boisterous bunnies flat on their back in a trance

The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | April 14, 2010 | Luke Salkeld

[Stoat]

My apologies for the severe editing of this article....this was done in order to remain in compliance with Free Republic rules pertaining to the posting of articles from the UK Daily Mail.  Please click on the main article link to see the full story.

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One satisfied patient: The seven-year-old bunny is relaxed and calm after her treatment

 

[Stoat]

I don’t recall who is the keeper of the Animal Hypnotherapy pinglist ;-)

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

This is nothing new. Pretty much anyone can do this to just about any domesticated rabbit. I raised ‘em when I was a kid and was able to do the same thing.

[GOP Poet]

The Bunny Whisperer. Can we get this guy over to our house for our cats? LOL.

[Saundra Duffy]

I want a bunny!!

[lysie]

Hi there.

Do you remember Ernie the ermine? Haven't seen him in a long time.

[gardencatz]

That’s exactly what I was thinking. I have 2 French Lops and you turn them over to cut their nails and they’re like putty in my hands.

Cindie

[mgstarr]

It can also be done with the Norwegian Blue Parrot. Beautiful plumage.

[fish hawk]

I bet Jimmah Carter is trying to get hold of this guy.

[historyrepeatz]

You can also hypnotize baby chicks by drawing a white line on a dark surface and while their standing, hold the chick’s beak down on the line and voila!.. in a trance they go and they’ll sometimes wobble like they’re intoxicated. It’s hilarious. What happens is, they stare at the line, cross-eyed and it overloads their tiny little brains.

[jaydubya2]

"Cliff Penrose lulls a bunny into a trance-like state, its legs in the air"

I think I read this already, in Playboy forum letters...

[JoeProBono]

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Naw. He’s just pinin’ for the fjords.

[JoeProBono]

[Stoat]

You can also hypnotize baby chicks

This is also done to a fullsize chicken in the Werner Herzog film "Signs of Life"

Lebenszeichen (1968)

 

Numerous YouTube videos show it as well:

YouTube - Hypnotizing chicken

 

[Uncle Miltie]

Almost all rabbits can be ‘tranced’. My 11 year old daughter could do it the first day she got her first rabbit. No big deal.

[Malsua]

I raised ‘em when I was a kid and was able to do the same thing.

Yup, same here.

[Stoat]

I want a bunny!!

Here you go :-)

 

YouTube - Really BIG Bunny

 

[Cyber Liberty]

My apologies for the severe editing of this article

Gibbs' rule number eight: Never apologize for excerpting...unless you're doing it to pimp your blog. In that case, there is no level of apology sufficient.

[Stoat]

Hi there.

Hello :-)

Do you remember Ernie the ermine? Haven't seen him in a long time. 

I'm quite honored that you remember him.  My Uncle Ermie is, unfortunately, in prison once again as he is a guttersnipe, a ne'er-do-well and a downright scalawag.  This time he was sent up the river for going to taverns and trying to hypnotize female patrons.

Here he is shortly before his most recent incarceration: