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I'll repeat my comment from the other thread here...
As kids, we used to hypnotize our pet rabbits all the time. It was really amazing how out of it they would get. You could flop their limbs around and they'd just sit there.
Another cool bunny hack: If it's a non-lop rabbit, smooth its ears down then lightly trace a circle around one of the bunny's eyes. The ear on that side will stand up straight. Smooth it down and try the other side, then try both at once. Pretty weird! You can try this in petstores if you have no bunny handy.
This is so weird. I just had a new potential girlfriend (*ahem*) explain that she can hypnotise bunnies. And then I see this on MeCha. Truly, the mind reels.
Here in Georgia, we hypnotize chickens. Tuck its head under a wing, then rotate it in a vertical circle, like a ferris wheel. Put it on the ground, and it'll just sit there, snoozing.