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Sheep-Herding Swedish Bunny Becomes Online Hit (VIDEO)
[video=youtube;qeuL5IGimCQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeuL5IGimCQ&feature=player_embedded[/video]
STOCKHOLM ? Champis the bunny doesn't only hop ? he also knows how to herd his masters' flock of sheep, possibly having picked up the skill after watching trained dogs do the job.
The 5-year-old pet rabbit from the small village of Kal in northern Sweden shot to online fame last week, having garnered more than 700,000 YouTube hits so far, after a clip of his sheep herding skills surfaced on a blog.
The June video shows a persistent Champis running back and forth on the farm, trying to keep Nils-Erik and Greta Vigren's sheep together.
Greta Vigren said she first noted his talent last spring when they let out the sheep to graze for the first time after the long Swedish winter.
"He just started to behave like a sheepdog," she recalled, adding that while he likes to round up the sheep, he is consistent about leaving the farm's hens alone, treating them more gently.
"He's like a king for the whole group. He thinks he rules over both the sheep and the hens. He has a very big ego."
Read more at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/03/sheep-herding-bunny_n_1252145.html
[video=youtube;qeuL5IGimCQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeuL5IGimCQ&feature=player_embedded[/video]
STOCKHOLM ? Champis the bunny doesn't only hop ? he also knows how to herd his masters' flock of sheep, possibly having picked up the skill after watching trained dogs do the job.
The 5-year-old pet rabbit from the small village of Kal in northern Sweden shot to online fame last week, having garnered more than 700,000 YouTube hits so far, after a clip of his sheep herding skills surfaced on a blog.
The June video shows a persistent Champis running back and forth on the farm, trying to keep Nils-Erik and Greta Vigren's sheep together.
Greta Vigren said she first noted his talent last spring when they let out the sheep to graze for the first time after the long Swedish winter.
"He just started to behave like a sheepdog," she recalled, adding that while he likes to round up the sheep, he is consistent about leaving the farm's hens alone, treating them more gently.
"He's like a king for the whole group. He thinks he rules over both the sheep and the hens. He has a very big ego."
Read more at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/03/sheep-herding-bunny_n_1252145.html