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The follow up to this habituation situation is interesting. My contact was the daughter of the land owner I met on another BF Forum. She would often go visit her fathers rural place in Washington State where the tribe of BF lived year round. The BF knew her and would often show themselves from a distance. She decided that she could bring an interested friend to the property to give them the opportunity to see the BF. When she did, not only did the BF not show to the visitor but since then they would not show themselves to the daughter. It had been several years since my last contact with the daughter and they still had not resumed showing themselves. She apparently broke some trust with the tribe of BF. That sort of behavior smacks of near or human like intellect to me. Crime and retribution is not an animal behavior.

I stuck it in there as a joke to see if anyone was paying attention. Looks like you are

All of that is called delusions and/or confusion. I could tell you great stories that seemingly make no sense...but it wasn't BFs fault.

It is easy to hoax, or make up, stories on an anonymous message board though. Not saying that's the case here, but we have had people making incredible claims on here for years. Surely one or two were in it to get some sort of "fix" personally.

It's the "whats up doc" 2-ply sold by ACME. Self destructs so be quick.

Need a link to Charmin rabbits. New species? Prolly not recognized by F&W either....

I wonder if Ripley's Believe It or Not would fund expeditions to get stuffed BF into their attractions?

Wait, what? I feel so inadequate that I've missed this revealing tidbit. Holy cow, in my view, this changes EVERYTHING. Gosh, as I consider further, couldn't a savvy researcher capture such an abused bunny and collect fecal DNA material? The inquiring mind explodes.

That would be my best guess as well. Darwin's finches. MIB

Let me say how much I like Bob Gymlan. We know so little.

Hey, gotta have ONE sane person in the group or it's a runaway train

Hell, I'm just about dead, anyway. May as well go out with a bang.

A good theory and here is more to that. By mastering fire and habitually cooking their meat, Homo species developed microbes that were able to properly digest and adapt their immune system. Species that eat raw meat get different microbial reactions to adapt their immune system. BF eats anything but is not known to cook its food. That means its physiology is unique for a humanoid mammal. This could be a clue to other areas of their appearance and behavior. Also their fierce stink.

Agreed. I believe they never needed it, and just never went there. How so? All kinds of creatures did so in both directions. Yup, and it continues to this day, but the other Homo species (the ones that used fire and manufactured tools) were elipsed by Homo sapiens. These creatures, living like apes (but in even smaller family units), have survived.