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Nuralagus rex - that's no ordinary rabbit!

Started by Ildiko, October 23, 2011, 12:12:15 PM

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Ildiko

October 23, 2011, 12:12:15 PM
This has cheered me up no end on a grey Sunday:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/oct/23/nuralagus-rex-new-to-nature

There's a wonderful book called The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals by E.P. Evans where I read something about the people of Mallorca and Menorca asking Caesar Augustus to send soldiers to defend them from the local rabbits. Now I see the problem.  ;D

Tank

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October 23, 2011, 04:52:48 PM
I bet they were quite docile. Pity they didn't survive long enough to be domesticated.
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Ildiko

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October 23, 2011, 05:39:25 PM
Quote from: Tank on October 23, 2011, 04:52:48 PM
I bet they were quite docile. Pity they didn't survive long enough to be domesticated.

- domesticated
+ eaten

:P

OldGit

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October 23, 2011, 07:14:16 PM
^ Exactly.  Rabbit pies the size of paddling pools.

DeterminedJuliet

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October 23, 2011, 11:08:47 PM
It reminds me of a capybara!
"We've thought of life by analogy with a journey, with pilgrimage which had a serious purpose at the end, and the THING was to get to that end; success, or whatever it is, or maybe heaven after you're dead. But, we missed the point the whole way along; It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing, or dance, while the music was being played.
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