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I'll Protect You, Cinnamon!

Brinco has this really weird protective streak when it comes to Cinnamon. This in itself may not sound strange, but in true Brinco fashion, it is. See, he doesn't actually protect her when she needs protecting. Of course, the bunnies are never in situations that are actually dangerous, but situations that they might consider dangerous would be getting picked up or having their cage vacuumed. At these times, Brinco is more than happy to let Cinnamon fend for herself against the evil vacuum or the evil rabbit owner slave.

But sometimes Cinnamon is confronted with a situation that Brinco deems very horrible and terrifying, and this is when he leaps to her rescue. One example would be when she's getting petted. Once in a while, Brinco will see this and hop over so he can push my hand away with his mouth. He doesn't bite or nip -- just pushes. And it's not a jealousy thing either, because he doesn't want to be petted at these times. No, he just wants to make sure that Cinnamon isn't getting horribly maimed by that scary hand. Never mind that she's squashed down into her happy position and clicking her teeth. Naturally, I just ignore him because he's a doofus.

There was one other time that Brinco became randomly protective of Cinnamon, and it had to do with the camera. One day I stuck the flash on my camera and took a bunch of pictures of the two bunnies, some of which I posted on here. Neither of them even seemed to notice, let alone get freaked out by the flashing and clicking black thing.

However, the next day I went into the bunny room to take more photos, and Brinco suddenly got spooked, running into the cage and hiding. Since Cinnamon was sprawled out on the air conditioning vent, I proceeded to take pictures of her. Cue her knight in spotted armor Brinco hopping in to save the day. Although Cinnamon continued to lie on the vent, completely unstressed, Brinco took it upon himself to run back and forth between Cinnamon and the camera.

The first time he did this, I was not expecting it and ended up with this fine photo. That big gray blur on the right side is, naturally, Brinco's ears. Although from a technical standpoint, his neurotic behavior totally ruined the shot, it's still one of my favorite photos.

posted by Jeanne @ 8:54 PM