[Petbunny] re. Need Robyn's Help!/rabbit orienteering skills

[Nishioka, Mary]

Bunnies have amazing memories when you think how large a house is in
relation to their size. They know what rooms are on the hallway, and
within each room, what the floor (furniture) layout is, escape routes,
hidey holes are, everything.  And then when you consider they have eye
on the sides of their heads and not in front like we do, their little
minds processing what they see as they zoom down hallways, and around
rooms-it's quite impressive. ('yep, that's there, yep there's that,
which means there'll be something in front of me to hop around...')  

 

I sort of wonder if bunnies' understanding of rooms and routes within a
house sort of snap together like a jigsaw puzzle as they get acquainted
room by room, over time. 

When Herman and GT were alive it was neat to watch them navigate a new
area of the house, and then when meander their way to a threshold of an
area they are familiar with (eg doorway of hallway), all of a sudden it
was like "aha! I know where I am!" and then they always have to hop back
and forth and play to the new area, as if to commit it all to memory.

 

Mary