The area around the cave was filled with bunnies, hence why the travelers caught and ate them. There were bunnies of all varieties, color and size and age and personality. They were all, of course, enraged and frightened at these cruel new people that had intruded upon their area and were eating them, sometimes eating them alive. It didn't take Bunny long to find and communicate with a few key bunny and rabbit comrades. It didn't take them long to gather all the other bunnies they knew. It didn't take those bunnies long to find more bunnies. And so on, and so forth. -- -- --