That rabbits like to hop¹ is hardly a secret. But now European rabbit enthusiasts² have harnessed their bunnies' natural talents to create a new spectator sport... rabbit showjumping. Invented in Sweden in the early Eighties, Kaninhop involves bunnies bouncing their way around courses consisting of several small jumps of varying height and length. Clubs have now sprung up in several other European countries, the US, Canada and Japan. Rules vary from country to country, but generally the more jumps a rabbit clears the higher its score. There is also sometimes a time element to competitions.

兔子善跳，这早已不是什么秘密。而欧洲的养兔爱好者利用了兔子的这一天性，创造出一种全新的味趣运动—跳跃秀。这种运动于八十年代早期在瑞典发明。在名为Kaninhop的比赛中，小兔子们依次跳过不同高度和宽度的障碍物。这项运动现已传到其他欧洲国家、美国、加拿大、甚至是日本。各地的比赛规则各异，但是通常来说，兔子跳过的障碍越多，得分也越高，有些比赛还有时间限制。