In July 2025, a video (archived) circulated online claiming to show a colony of rabbits bouncing on a backyard trampoline.
TikTok user @rachelthecatlovers posted the video on July 27, 2025, with the caption "Just checked the home security cam and… I think we've got guest performers out back! @Ring #bunny #ringdoorbell #ring #bunnies #trampoline."
@rachelthecatlovers Just checked the home security cam and… I think we've got guest performers out back! @Ring #bunny #ringdoorbell #ring #bunnies #trampoline ♬ Bounce When She Walk - Ohboyprince
The user tagged Ring, a company that makes video doorbells, appearing to suggest that the footage was recorded by one of that company's devices.
The video was wildly popular across Facebook (archived), X (archived), Threads (archived) and Bluesky (archived). The viral video agency Barstool Sports shared (archived) the video on its TikTok page without any indication that it was not authentic. Snopes readers also wrote in asking whether the footage was real.
The endearing clip is, as pointed out by commenters and community notes, fake — generated by artificial intelligence. Two moments in the video give this away: In one, a rabbit suddenly disappeared off the trampoline. In another, a rabbit abruptly changed shape and color. The account that posted the video previously shared at least one video (archived) generated by Google's artificial video generator Veo, as evidenced by a watermark on the footage.
We reached out to @rachelthecatlovers to learn how and why they created the clip and await a reply.
Though the video of the rabbits on the trampoline did not carry the watermark of an AI video generator, it did show other signs of being made with AI.
Around time code 0:05, three rabbits could be seen on the left hand side of the trampoline. One rabbit jumped and, while in midair, the rabbit behind it abruptly disappeared.
(TikTok user @rachelthecatlovers)
Then, at time code 0:07, a rabbit toward the back of the trampoline jumped. As it did, the animal first changed shape, then color, and landed about a second later as a shapeless, gray blob.
(TikTok user @rachelthecatlovers)
Snopes has previously reported on fake, AI-generated viral videos about topics ranging from the 2025 Kerrville floods to giant anacondas in the Amazon.