Bigs bunny: monster rabbit devours English veggie plots

[tocqueville]

Fri Apr 7, 11:21 AM ET

LONDON (AFP) - In a tale reminiscent of the last Wallace and Gromit movie, furious villagers in northeast England have hired armed guards to protect their beloved communal vegetable gardens from a suspected monster rabbit.

Leeks, Japanese onions, parsnips and spring carrots have all been ripped up and devoured by the mystery were-rabbit -- prompting the 12 allotment holders in Felton, north of Newcastle, to hire two marksmen with air rifles and orders to shoot to kill.

"It is a massive thing. It is a monster. The first time I saw it, I said: 'What the hell is that?'" the Northumberland Gazette newspaper quoted local resident Jeff Smith, 63, as saying on its website (www.northumberlandtoday.co.uk).

He claims to have seen the black and brown rabbit -- with one ear bigger than the other -- about two months ago, and at least three fellow allotment holders say they have seen it as well.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060407/od_afp/afplifestylebritainfoodrabbitoffbeat_060407152117




German rabbit breeder Karl Szmolinsky presents his giant male breeding rabbit 'Robert' in Eberswalde, eastern Germany, February 2006. In a tale reminiscent of the last Wallace and Gromit movie, furious villagers in northeast England have hired armed guards to protect their beloved communal vegetable gardens from a suspected monster rabbit.(AFP/File/Michael Urban)

THAT'S NO ORDINARY RODENT!!!!

That's the most foul-tempered rabbit you've ever laid eyes on!!!!!!

It's got a mean streak a mile wide!!!!

It can leap.....LOOK AT THE BONES!!!!!

[AndyTiedye]

1. This Is a Monty Python Skit, Right? We Know What They Need Now:

[tocqueville]

2. I am afraid that it is the only solution...

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

3. Good Lord. Look at that thing.

[AlGore-08.com]

4. Fortunately, the top scientists at Texas A & M have found a solution!

[shenmue]

5. Beware the rabbits! The rabbits!

Ahhhhhh! The world is coming to an end!

:crazy:

[Cooley Hurd]

6. Flashback to 1978 - cue Jimmy Carter joke...

[Rhiannon12866]

7. My president took way too much crap about that...

Somebody brought this up, again, in a recent interview...:rofl:

[CBHagman]

8. Those are a couple of bad-ass bunnies.

However, I wouldn't mess with a British gardener either.

The people of Germany shouldn't sleep well at night if Herr Szmolinsky is breeding more like Robert! :scared:

[Orsino]

9. Giant carnivorous vampire bunnies!

When I worked Army SATCOM in Germany, they were all over the antenna yard.

None this big, though.

[Rainscents]

10. I have Flemish Giant Bunny!!!

He is BIG, 26 lbs!!! My bunny is so loving and he use litter box. I wish, I knew how to put his photo here. I traveled 250 miles to get him when he was 7 week old and I would NOT give him up for anything!

[Hand]

14. A Flemish Giant... I'd love to have one of those.

Our biggest bunny was a French Lop who tipped the scales at around 13 lb. or so.

The Mighty Ferdinand!


That's a normal size doorway, BTW.

[AlienGirl]

11. Giant Rabbit with War Criminal

[AlienGirl]

12. (Rabbits technically aren't rodents, though--they're lagomorphs.)

[Hand]

13. Dang! Ya beat me to it! nt

[Deja Q]

15. Holy hasenpfeffer, that's a big-ass bunny!

:wow: