--- description: Disney's film was a documentary title: Watch This Bunny and Fawn Basically Recreate 'Bambi' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Bunny and Fawn Romping in Nature Prove Bambi Is Real Life by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 12, 2015 2:16 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 12, 2015 2:16 PM CUT **Correction appended, Aug. 13** A baby deer and an adorable bunny playing together sounds like the stuff of Disney films (_Bambi_, specifically), but a new video proves that animation might be closer to reality television than we think. A recent video taken by Bryan Knowlton at Colorado’s [YMCA of the Rockies](http://ymcarockies.org/about-us/lula-w-dorsey-museum/ "undefined") shows what may be the most adorable meet-cute ever. The fawn cautiously approaches the rabbit on the lawn, giving the bunny a good sniff before jumping back playfully. When the rabbit makes a little leap of his own, the game is afoot. Soon the bunny and fawn are zipping around the lawn. While the little deer seems to be having a blast, the bunny looks a little defensive and perhaps a bit frightened by the gangly creature literally fawning all over him. Luckily, the bunny’s not scared enough to run away, letting our Bambi fantasies live on. **Correction:** The original version of this story misstated who filmed the video. It was Vicky and Steve Johnsen. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3993861/bunny-fawn-bambi/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3993861/bunny-fawn-bambi/"},"headline":"Bunny and Fawn Romping in Nature Prove Bambi Is Real Life","datePublished":"2015-08-12T14:16:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:20.473Z","description":"Disney's film was a documentary","url":"https://time.com/3993861/bunny-fawn-bambi/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","Viral Videos"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3993861/bunny-fawn-bambi/","name":"Bunny and Fawn Romping in Nature Prove Bambi Is Real Life"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Inside New York's First Cat Cafe","description":"Meet the cats of NYC's first cat cafe, Meow Parlour, and hear more about the growing trend of paying to play with cats from the cafe's two owners.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/0MiiFeak/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-12T19:30:27.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0MiiFeak.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3993861/bunny-fawn-bambi/","duration":"PT1M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3993861/bunny-fawn-bambi/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```