12/24/2005: Bunnyface

Undertoad · 12-24-2005, 01:35 PM

Won't be an IotD tomorrow, as this is the weekend IotD so it's also the Xmas IotD. I leave it to you to decide whether this is cute or utterly creepy.

This is, and I have no reason to doubt, the result of a successful facial transplant in Xi'an, China.

If it's creepy, well hey -- there was the case of the human facial near-transplant that happened in France a few weeks ago; so maybe it isn't creepy after all, except...

Isn't there also a white bunny with a grey face somewhere around the facility??

beavis · 12-24-2005, 02:36 PM

that is one big ass franken-bunny.

seakdivers · 12-24-2005, 03:17 PM

Cool.

I love unusual patterns on animals!

chrisinhouston · 12-24-2005, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by beavis

that is one big ass franken-bunny.

Yea and the guy behind it on the right side looks like he really likes stir fried rabbit in garlic sauce!

tw · 12-24-2005, 09:04 PM

It was once a joyful expression, "The rabbit died". Is this what they were talking about?

Ubergeek · 12-24-2005, 09:17 PM

Ubergeek puts his hand up

My vote is for creepy.

Definitely creepy.

Jealousy · 12-27-2005, 07:29 AM

Wow that is creepy cute. I want one.

Wormfood · 12-27-2005, 12:52 PM

Took me a while to see that only half of the face is replaced.(and one ear)
Is that ear really in working order?

Oyeah,it's creepy alright.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-28-2005, 12:03 AM

Looks like the avoided the mouth, nose and eye. I also wonder if the ear is working?

wolf · 12-28-2005, 01:03 AM

If they left the innards of the aural canal intact, I would think so, since the outer ear is just a kind of funnel for the sound to hit that clever little series of bones. I do wonder if the bunny has any kind of physical control over the movement of the ear ... nerves don't grow back so there's nothing to provide signal to the muscles in the area.

Kitsune · 12-28-2005, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

nerves don't grow back so there's nothing to provide signal to the muscles in the area.

Sure they do -- you can get feeling and movement back in an reattached finger. Now, will they grow back normally to a transplanted piece of flesh? Creepy...

xoxoxoBruce · 12-28-2005, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

If they left the innards of the aural canal intact, I would think so, since the outer ear is just a kind of funnel for the sound to hit that clever little series of bones. I do wonder if the bunny has any kind of physical control over the movement of the ear ... nerves don't grow back so there's nothing to provide signal to the muscles in the area.

Yeah, that's what I meant....can he move it.

12-24-2005, 01:35 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	12/24/2005: Bunnyface Won't be an IotD tomorrow, as this is the weekend IotD so it's also the Xmas IotD. I leave it to you to decide whether this is cute or utterly creepy. This is, and I have no reason to doubt, the result of a successful facial transplant in Xi'an, China. If it's creepy, well hey -- there was the case of the human facial near-transplant that happened in France a few weeks ago; so maybe it isn't creepy after all, except... Isn't there also a white bunny with a grey face somewhere around the facility??

12-24-2005, 09:17 PM	#6
Ubergeek Simulated Simulacrum Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 39	Ubergeek puts his hand up My vote is for creepy. Definitely creepy. __________________ Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't tell where it keeps its brain. Arthur Weasley

12-28-2005, 12:03 AM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Looks like the avoided the mouth, nose and eye. I also wonder if the ear is working? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-28-2005, 01:03 AM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	If they left the innards of the aural canal intact, I would think so, since the outer ear is just a kind of funnel for the sound to hit that clever little series of bones. I do wonder if the bunny has any kind of physical control over the movement of the ear ... nerves don't grow back so there's nothing to provide signal to the muscles in the area. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-24-2005, 02:36 PM	#2
beavis butthead died Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: mtv reruns Posts: 88	that is one big ass franken-bunny.

12-24-2005, 03:17 PM	#3
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	Cool. I love unusual patterns on animals!

12-24-2005, 09:04 PM	#5
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	It was once a joyful expression, "The rabbit died". Is this what they were talking about?

12-27-2005, 07:29 AM	#7
Jealousy Neophyte-in-training Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 3	Wow that is creepy cute. I want one.

12-27-2005, 12:52 PM	#8
Wormfood Superior Inhabitant Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 73	Took me a while to see that only half of the face is replaced.(and one ear) Is that ear really in working order? Oyeah,it's creepy alright.

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