Clever rabbits ride sheep to escape flood

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When these wild rabbits were facing floodwaters, they had to think outside the box.

So they hopped onto a flock of sheep, as per a video shot by 64-year-old farmer Ferg Horne on his property near Dunedin, New Zealand, on Saturday.

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“I couldn’t believe it for a start,” he told AP

Horne was helping a neighbour rescue 40 sheep from floodwaters, as a result of heavy storms in the country’s South Island. He noticed some “dark shapes in the distance,” and when he got closer there were three rabbits — two perched on one sheep, another on a single sheep. Read more…

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