Dragonfly bunny spirit

Dragonfly bunny spirits are chimerical creatures from the Spirit World that can be found in the Eastern Air Temple.

History
After arriving at the Eastern Air Temple, Jinora played with several dragonfly bunny spirits, one of whom she named Furry Foot. Tenzin arrived and beckoned her over, unable to see the spirits floating around Jinora. As Tenzin turned to leave, a dragonfly bunny spirit appeared on his head, prompting Jinora to laugh.

Following a failed attempt by Tenzin and Avatar Korra to enter the Spirit World, the dragonfly bunny spirits appeared to Jinora once more, urging her to follow them into the wilderness. As they flew away, Jinora called for them to come back, catching the attention of Kya, who asked the young airbender whom she was chasing.



After another ineffective attempt by Tenzin to guide Korra into the Spirit World, Kya urged Jinora to reveal her connection to spirits. Reluctantly, Jinora admitted to being capable of seeing spirits, before urging the dragonfly bunny spirits to appear, much to everyone's amazement. Ikki and Meelo began to chase the spirits as they flew out of the hall of statues, while Bumi established an immediate connection with one of the spirits. He eventually named this spirit "Bum-Ju", as a shorter version of "Bumi Junior".

The dragonfly bunny spirits urged the group down into the wilderness once more, and Tenzin eventually conceded despite his reluctance to leave temple grounds, where spiritual energy was historically considered to be the strongest. The spirits led the group to an ancient airbender meditation circle in the middle of the wilderness. Tenzin began to perform a spiritual cleansing ceremony to strengthen the meditation circle's connection to the Spirit World, prompting the dragonfly bunny spirits to flee in the process, much to Bumi's dismay.

Anatomy
Each dragonfly bunny spirit is small and uniform in coloration, with distinct patch markings that vary with each spirit. Although they are all comparatively similar in size, dragonfly bunny spirits vary in color. Although a majority of the spirits have smooth fur, the dragonfly bunny spirits can also have long, coarse fur along with tails that are considerably fluffier when compared to other spirits of the same species. They have two transparent wings on the top of their heads, where the ears would be typically located. At least in the Spirit World, their sizes are different, being able to grow large enough for a child to ride on.

Behavior


Although they are relatively friendly, dragonfly bunny spirits do not appear to people unless they feel a strong spiritual connection with a particular person or old told to do so by a person that they trust. They can quickly grow attached to someone. The spirits often travel in small groups, and flee as a unit when they feel threatened.

Connection
The dragonfly bunny spirits are a combination of both of its namesakes, bearing physical resemblances to both the dragonfly and the rabbit. Particularly, the wings of the dragonfly bunny spirit are similar to the transparent wings seen on dragonflies. Apart from that, it shares morphological similarities to the body of a rabbit.