Rabbits at OMAA

[Lycan Av8tor]

Hi there

Have any pilots flying into OMAA come across any white bunnies there. I have encounterted them on two occasions. Once on the final roundout and today on rotation, and thats whilst being on the runway. Two of these fluffy creatures ran across the taxiway "Z" too.

Looks like birdstrikes are the least of our worries now that rabbits are plentiful too...

Please be careful ETIHAD guys... and safe flying.

Lycan Av8tor :ok:

[Alpha 6]

Thank you for sharing that...when I land there next time I'll bring some carrots and cage with me...Well I'm not gonna eat 'em though I heard their meat taste great:}

Watch your prox with these cute creatures guys...Safe flying

A6

[mustangV8]

I heard that about rabbit meat, many ppl lke it...never tried it myself.

hey alpha...rabbit and balut! yummy!!!


mV8

[Alpha 6]

hey alpha...rabbit and balut! yummy!!!


MV8, you can pair it with century eggs too:ok:

[blackhat10]

Are you sure they are rabbits and not Hares after all it is a 'harefield' !


http://42explore.com/rabbits.gif

[Alpha 6]

From Wikipedia:

Hares do not bear their young below ground in a burrow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrow) as do other Leporidae, but rather in a shallow depression or flattened nest of grass called a form (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Form_%28nest%29&action=edit). Young hares are adapted to the lack of physical protection offered by a burrow by being born fully furred and with eyes open. They are hence able to fend for themselves very quickly after birth, that is to say they are precocial (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precocial). By contrast, the related rabbits (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit) and cottontail rabbits (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottontail_rabbit) are altricial (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altricial), having young that are born blind and hairless.
All rabbits (except the cottontail rabbits) live underground in burrows or warrens, while hares (and cottontail rabbits) live in simple nests above the ground, and usually do not live in groups. Hares are generally larger than rabbits, with longer ears, and have black markings on their fur. Hares have not been domesticated, while rabbits are often kept as house pets. In gardens, they are typically kept in hutches, small, wooden, house-like boxes that protect the rabbits from the environment and predators.
The hare's diet is very similar to that of the rabbit.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Feldhase.jpg/240px-Feldhase.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Feldhase.jpg)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Sylvilagus_audubonii.jpg/250px-Sylvilagus_audubonii.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sylvilagus_audubonii.jpg)

Blackhat10,
I think you really can't tell if it's a hare or a rabbit especially if you are inside a taxiing or taking-off airplane. I will have a good look next time so that I can confirm it.

Cheers,

A6

[Alpha 6]

Are you sure they are rabbits and not Hares after all it is a 'harefield' !


A harefield in an international airport? I think it's dangerous specially for jets to operate there since they can be easily sucked-in in those engines. I think the Safety and Security Department there should do something about this before something bad happens.

A6

[Wizofoz]

A mate tells a lovely story of having a rabbit get caught in the lights of a DC9 during takeoff.

The bunny took the decision to try and out-run the '9.

Result? Douglas Aircraft Corporation-1 Bunnies-0:}

[Alpha 6]

It's a good thing DC-9's engines were at the aft and upper portion of the fuselage or else it could be a tie:}

Would that be called a road-kill or runway-kill?

[mustangV8]

...maybe a 'hare'prox!! HAHAHAHA:D :D :D :D

Seriously, OMAA better do something about this issue or it could get harey!:D :D :D :D :D :D

ok ok , enough with the silly jokes:yuk:


mV8

[blackhat10]

nice one mustang V8 :D it least someone gets the joke!

Harefield Rhymes with Airfield = International Airport !

[expatula]

Are you sure they are rabbits? They could be camels humping around...

http://www.kidskonnect.com/Camel/camelstand.gif

[Fox3snapshot]

Nice one guy's, keep the jokes com'n!

Perhaps its time the DCA went out to 'hunt some waskely wabbits!'

:p

[Alpha 6]

sorry for not getting it the first time...I think it's time for me to drink coffee now:)

Maybe next time we'll see in a daily current class one notams of OMAA:
09.03.07 WEF 0703100001 UNTIL 0803100001
PORTION OF TWY 'Y' BTN TWY 'M' CLSD DUE RABBITS/CAMELS PLYNG ARND.PILOTS ADZ NOT TO FEED THEM.

"Er...Tower...please confirm I'm cleared for take-off runway 31...cause a camel has'nt vacated the runway yet...":}

[mustangV8]

hey blackhat10, thanx

I like a good joke, thats what im hare for!!

I wonder what surprise animals we may find at OMDB 'staggering' around the runways...! I do hear some 'asses' on frequency at times.:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

thank you, youve been a wonderful crowd tonight...

mV8

[Alpha 6]

Judging by my last flight it would be called Alitalia catering

It's a good thing I'm vegetarian:}

[radioexcel]

Due to the construction on the new runway area to the north, the poor fella's are looking for greener pastures. They have been around as long as I remember but lately you observe them almost every night.

By the way...any of you seen the lizards?? Also been around for many years and nests on the left side of H/P "X". Seen them myself and I know some Dhabi pilots have reported them a few times to ATC.

What do we need next to start a zoo??:oh:

[Lycan Av8tor]

Hi,

Hey Alpha 6, you hear that... there are Lizards too. May be next time you go to OMAA, you can take your pots and pans too with a bit of Adobo seasoning. You could have a party there, now that there are many things you can cook. :E


Safe flying guys.....

Lycan Av8tor :ok:

[Alpha 6]

Rabbits...and now lizards?!?

Hey...fax the flight plan now with a request of full stop taxi back full length...it's buffet time and everyone's invited...just bring your own plates and utensils ok?:}

lycan, bring charcoal will yah...

mv8, find a belly dancer quick...

[Lycan Av8tor]

Let's go Alpha 6,

Flight plan is faxed already.....

Come, come, cooommmee ! :\

Lycan Av8tor

[mustangV8]

alpha6...for that kinda 'cuisine', Ill belly dance myself!!!!:= :=
are lizards visible from a cockpit thats 20'-50' high? How big are they?
As long as we dont see unemployed pilots running around the tarmac, I think we r good:ok:

As for this hiroshi character...sounds a little creepy, how can he be everywhere?? What does he do, fly/work:ooh: overtime????

mV8

[Alpha 6]

mv8,

I can eat all that...but to see you belly dance, that I can't stomach:eek:
Maybe the lizards are big enough to swallow the rabbits alive...
Anyways...I'm arriving:\

[Sir Osis of the river]

So if we organise an Easter egg hunt around holding point x-ray, will we find chocolate eggs or Lizard eggs??

(Actually did see one of the spiny fellows about six months ago up that way. He was strolling across the Taxiway in no great hurry to get anywhere. Thank goodness our cabin briefing is sooo long, he was out the way by the time we got the thumbs up from the back. )

[Alpha 6]

count me in for the easter egg hunt...whatever we might find there:}

I'm just wondering...what if these creatures lurking around would sneak into one of the etihad planes:eek: (I hope not), that would be like "snakes on a plane" the movie...creepy:ooh:

[Rightwingheavy]

creatures?!?
do you mean finger lighting nitrogen inhaling green slimy aliens?!?

they are already here?!?

now it makes sense...we really are not alone:eek:

[9W 619]

so there are some rabbits hopping around the omaa runway, i will make sure when i come next to uae i will definately visit omaa in our pa 28 ,and have some fun with them


and Mr. Alpha 6 u said u will carry some carrots to cage them, pls be sure u dont eat it before giving it to those rabbits := , since u just like to eat and fly ;)

Mr Lycan Av8tor i wana ask u some thing, dint those rabbits bounced on the runway when u did touch and goes:p , cause according to the Newton's Law for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction thats there in the ppl book ;) i am not saying , it is there in ur PPL books ;)

[radioexcel]

The wabbits at OMAA are well trained...very well trained.;) Supper fast and 99.9% of the time manage to sidestep and avoid aircraft wheels.

Numerous reports by crew to ATC of hitting these wabbits, proofed to be false alarms.:confused: No

Please do not feeds (carrots) the wabbits, it might just slow them down and there might be real problems.

Safe flying you guys!!:E :ok:

RE

[Alpha 6]

maybe they trained in the matrix with neo and agent smith:cool: that's why:}
or else OMAA needs to do runway friction test after each and every landing

cheers
A6