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Title: Nuralagus rex - that's no ordinary rabbit!
Post by: Ildiko on 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

Title: Re: Nuralagus rex - that's no ordinary rabbit!
Post by: 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.

Title: Re: Nuralagus rex - that's no ordinary rabbit!
Post by: Ildiko on 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

Title: Re: Nuralagus rex - that's no ordinary rabbit!
Post by: OldGit on October 23, 2011, 07:14:16 PM

^ Exactly. Rabbit pies the size of paddling pools.

Title: Re: Nuralagus rex - that's no ordinary rabbit!
Post by: DeterminedJuliet on October 23, 2011, 11:08:47 PM

It reminds me of a capybara!
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg2.timeinc.net%2Fpeople%2Fi%2F2010%2Fpets%2Fmigration%2F001671720.jpg&hash=ef09a5ffaa0612393e7a3d15954c609a7dee01a9)

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