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Rabbits. They want to die. I was the second rider to run over one poor sod and had to put it out of its misery using my bike frame.
Me and a mate were on a night ride and came out of a bit of bridleway to a road crossing. There was a car coming along the road so we had to wait and as the car passed us a rabbit ran out in front of it and got royally squashed. But only its back legs, and as the car merrily continued we were left picking out the appalling sight of this squealing bunny trying to drag its useless rear half off the road.
"We can't leave it like that" I said, to which my mate delivered the stinger line "I agree. I'll hold your bike"
It was easy to catch it, which I did with the intention of wringing it's neck but as I picked it up it suddenly occurred that I'd never done this, had no idea what to do, and was now concerned that the next car along the road would soon be on the phone to the police "There's two blokes in the woods dressed in lycra, covered in blood and holding two halves of a rabbit!"
So I smashed its head in on a gatepost and left it for the foxes.
That bit of track is now forever known as dead bunny crossing.