Run, Rabbit, Run: But good luck outrunning this fleet-footed pine marten

This is a little bit sad, but it’s also life. Life in the wilderness, anyway.

James Loon captured an amazing video of a pine marten chasing a jack rabbit in Mistissini, Quebec, Canada.

“On our way to town this morning, we saw a marten hunting a rabbit,” Loon wrote on Facebook Thursday.

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The video shows an almost minute-long chase down a snow-covered road. It’s frankly, exhausting. Mostly for the rabbit.

Spoiler alert: If you’re rooting for Peter Cottontail, maybe don’t watch this.

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But be warned. This video has quickly amassed nearly 2.5 million views on Facebook. Click and you’ll see why.

https://www.facebook.com/james.loon.3/videos/10205553550269791/

 

Loon has also just posted it on YouTube. It won’t take long for this thing to go viral there, too.

Photos James Loon/Facebook

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