Someone was telling me about that video at work and I told them it probably wasn't a wild rabbit (athough it certainly does look like a common cottontail). I never would have thought that a prey animal would fight to the point of risking their life to protect the young. Of course, you see birds swooping in the hit people in the head and dive bombing the neighborhood cat but I don't think many of them are killed in that "attack", so I suppose they're not really risking their life. Seems like prey animals would just abandon ship and go make more babies. Also, I've never seen a wild rabbit make a nest in a manicured lawn right next to a house. That just ain't normal cottontail behavior, so maybe it's someone's pet. Either way, it's impressive! And having been kicked and scratched like that myself, I'm sure that snake ain't coming back for another attempt!