Heartwarming video shows real-life Bambi and Thumper snuggling in Washington resident’s backyard

The real-life Bambi and Thumper: Heartwarming video shows deer and rabbit snuggling in backyard

  • A deer and a rabbit can be seen touching noses, nuzzling and playing in video
  • A woman filmed the furry friends in her mother’s garden in Loomis, Washington
  • Darlene Wilbourn said the bunny is part of the deer herd and they visit every day
  • The adorable scene could be straight out of the animated Disney movie ‘Bambi’ 

It’s a scene that could be straight out of a Disney movie: A deer and a bunny snuggling on a lawn.

A woman filmed the adorable encounter in her mother’s backyard in Washington last week.

Darlene Wilbourn, of Loomis, said the two animals reminded her of the Disney characters Bambi and Thumper.

Darlene Wilbourn filmed a deer and a bunny touching noses in a backyard in Loomis, Washington

The deer can be seen grooming and nuzzling the rabbit as it hops around its snout in the adorable video

The deer can be seen grooming and nuzzling the rabbit as it hops around its snout in the adorable video 

They can be seen in the video rubbing noses together as the deer lies on the lawn. The deer nuzzles the rabbit as it hops around its snout. 

‘Aww look, he’s loving on him,’ Wilbourn can be heard saying in the video.  

The furry friends visit the garden every day, Wilbourn told KING5-TV.

The two animals reminded Wilbourn of the animated Disney characters Bambi and Thumper

The two animals reminded Wilbourn of the animated Disney characters Bambi and Thumper 

Bambi and Thumper are seen here in the 1942 animated Disney film Bambi

Bambi and Thumper are seen here in the 1942 animated Disney film Bambi

The deer is part of a small herd that seems to have accepted the floppy-eared mammal as one of their own.

Wilbourn said the rabbit has been traveling with the herd for months. 

In the 1942 animated Disney film ‘Bambi’, the energetic bunny Thumper takes the fawn under his wing and teaches him tricks, including how to say ‘bird’ and ‘flower’.

Wilbourn said the friendship has been blossoming for months as the bunny has been following around the deer's herd

Wilbourn said the friendship has been blossoming for months as the bunny has been following around the deer’s herd

The cute scene wasn’t just another chance encounter. The little pals visit her mother's garden every day, said Wilbourn

The cute scene wasn’t just another chance encounter. The little pals visit her mother’s garden every day, said Wilbourn

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