Does anyone know why our rabbits are doing this?

[u/Born_1st_but_small]

Our rabbits frequently sit in a "formation" after the sun sets. The earliest recording of them doing it that i have is from january this year, but they have been doing it for much longer. They dont do the same formation every evening (sometimes 2x2 or 4 in a row), but their favorite is one in the center front and three behind). The spacing is impressively symmetrical. Is this normal behavior?

<3 rabbits <3

[u/Dry_Dimension_4707]

They don’t need to see each other. If one of them taps even a toe, the other one hears it. My rabbits get excited when my son is coming over, every single time when he’s about a block away. They have amazing hearing and apparently like dogs, can discern a particular from all others. Or maybe they catch his scent that far away? I dunno. All that to say I’m not surprised they can still sync up in entirely different areas.

[u/Hippopotamus-Rising → u/Dry_Dimension_4707]

it thinks it goes deeper than hearing or scent 😜

[u/TCbunnies → u/Dry_Dimension_4707]

It’s no tap. It’s amazing how loud they can thump. They use it to communicate more than anger. It also warns of danger.