Gizmo the Wonder Rabbit

Gizmo has been with us for 5 days now, and he's settling into his new life on the back porch. In the short amount of time he has been with us, we have learned the following:

1. He is apparently the rabbit equivalent to Houdini. By day two, he figured out how to open his cage. So we put extra security measures in place (he now has a lock on the door). We also added some toys, so he can amuse himself when he's in there. He's figured out how to dislodge the toys from the top of his cage. I can't help get the feeling that he's smarter than us, and he knows it.
2. He is a broccoli junkie. He will do ANYTHING for broccoli. We can lead him around the room like a dog , if there's a big enough piece of broccoli to help encourage him.
3. He believes he is Mario Andretti.. He uses my jacuzzi as a race track - speeds around the perimeter and races out the other side as fast as he can go. Then he tries to stop on a dime, which is nearly impossible to do on a slick concrete surface. This makes him slide across the room, or forces him to sumersault against the wall. Then he picks himself up and does it all over again. We cringe when we witness this feat, but since he keeps doing it, we figure either he really likes it, or he's not as brilliant as we'd like him to be. Either way, it's exercise for him, and entertainment for us.
4. He has discovered the joys/challenge of getting past the barriers we have put in place for him to keep him away from the jacuzzi. By day three he got past the large cardboard boxes we put in place by testing the strength until he found the weak spots. He figured out that he could jump over the plastic bucket if he had a running head start.
5. He's starting to recognize his name, as when we call him, he grudgingly comes over to see if we have broccoli for him. If we don't, he goes back to racing around the jacuzzi.
6. He loves to play with paper towel cardboard tubes. He'll chew on them, toss them into the air, drag them around, and otherwise abuse them. This tells me he should hold his own pretty well against the cats.
7. Since he has not been to the vet yet (he goes tomorrow), he is in seclusion from the other pets. But they have gotten acquainted by watching each other through the sliding glass doors. He is apparently fascinated by his look-alike cat, Smokey. They spent a lot of time watching each other through the glass, as if sizing each other up. I suspect that they will eventually become great friends, or great enemies. Time will tell.