# Giant English rabbit, straight out of Wallace and Gromit
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-english-rabbit-straight-out-of-wallace-and-gromit/351911
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 9, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-english-rabbit-straight-out-of-wallace-and-gromit/351911 "2006-04-09T02:34:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-english-rabbit-straight-out-of-wallace-and-gromit/351911/1 "2006-04-09T02:34:53Z")
My friend linked me to [this story](http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060407/od_afp/afplifestylebritainfoodrabbitoffbeat;_ylt=AvM.vpWycJYPPHqhccXMCqcDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBhZDhxNDFzBHNlYwNtZW5ld3M-) earlier this evening. I was expecting a hoax, but I verified it through [Reuter’s](http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006-04-08T131821Z_01_L07416618_RTRUKOC_0_US-RABBIT.xml).
> [@](#):
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> 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.
The picture in the first article isn’t of the rabbit in question, but damn. I didn’t know they could get that big! :eek:
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### Author:  [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-english-rabbit-straight-out-of-wallace-and-gromit/351911/2 "2006-04-09T02:38:57Z")
I raised rabbits, and mine were underweight at 10 pounds (English Lops). My guess is that the picture is of a Flemish Giant, the largest recognized breed, and a specialty breed at that, so its not a good representative by any means.
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### Author:  [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-english-rabbit-straight-out-of-wallace-and-gromit/351911/3 "2006-04-09T02:48:10Z")
What, _BEHIND_ the rabbit??..
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### Author:  [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2006, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-english-rabbit-straight-out-of-wallace-and-gromit/351911/4 "2006-04-09T02:53:20Z")
It must be the Black Rabbit of Inle.
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### Author:  [@the\_only\_bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_only_bunny)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-english-rabbit-straight-out-of-wallace-and-gromit/351911/5 "2006-04-09T03:07:18Z")
It wasn’t me, I swear!
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### Author:  [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-english-rabbit-straight-out-of-wallace-and-gromit/351911/6 "2006-04-09T03:36:37Z")
This is a job for… ANTI-PESTO!
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### Author:  [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2006, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-english-rabbit-straight-out-of-wallace-and-gromit/351911/7 "2006-04-09T05:35:26Z")
Are those the special breeds that are filmed for the closing (and opening?) credits of Teletubbies to give the impression that the Teletubby house is smaller than it appears?
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### Author:  [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2006, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-english-rabbit-straight-out-of-wallace-and-gromit/351911/8 "2006-04-09T07:27:09Z")
My Dad watched a Flemish Giant for a few weeks. I came home and was almost intimidated by it. It was huge! The one he had was easily 4/5ths of the pictured ones size. His back feet were at least 8" long. They are real, and they’re shockingly large.
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### Author:  [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2006, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-english-rabbit-straight-out-of-wallace-and-gromit/351911/9 "2006-04-09T08:32:56Z")
Anyone else hear Elmer Fudd singing, “Kill the Wabbit!” when they saw the thread title?
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### Author:  [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-english-rabbit-straight-out-of-wallace-and-gromit/351911/10 "2006-04-09T14:23:53Z")
> [@MacTech](#):
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> What, _BEHIND_ the rabbit??..
No, it _is_ the rabbit.
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### Author:  [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-english-rabbit-straight-out-of-wallace-and-gromit/351911/11 "2006-04-09T15:19:56Z")
As is my tradition…
[obAnya]
Bunnies aren’t just cute like everybody supposes
They got them hoppy legs and twitchly little noses
And what’s with all the carrots?
What do they need such good eyesight for anyway?
Bunnies, Bunnies, it must be bunnies!
[/obAnya]
Brian
(or maybe midgets)
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### Author:  [@Unregistered\_Bull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unregistered_Bull)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-english-rabbit-straight-out-of-wallace-and-gromit/351911/12 "2006-04-09T15:44:59Z")
I’ve seen them at the fair. They are HUGE. Kind of reminds me of the movie Night of the Lepus that had giant killer rabbits. [http://imdb.com/title/tt0069005/](http://imdb.com/title/tt0069005/)
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### Author:  [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-english-rabbit-straight-out-of-wallace-and-gromit/351911/13 "2006-04-09T17:32:21Z")
My first thought on reading the article was that the good folks over at Aardman must be just about pissing themselves. What a great story!
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### Author:  [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-english-rabbit-straight-out-of-wallace-and-gromit/351911/14 "2006-04-09T19:49:22Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#):
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> No, it _is_ the rabbit.
You _silly_ sod! Sir Robin, the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Launcelot soiled his armour, he was so scared…
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### Author:  [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-english-rabbit-straight-out-of-wallace-and-gromit/351911/15 "2006-04-09T22:26:13Z")
Note that ‘armed’ in Britain means an air rifle. 🆒
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### Author:  [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-english-rabbit-straight-out-of-wallace-and-gromit/351911/16 "2006-04-09T22:51:51Z")
This will be good news for anyone who wants to film **Donny Darko II**.
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-english-rabbit-straight-out-of-wallace-and-gromit/351911/17 "2006-04-10T00:39:58Z")
Nuts!
When it starts sucking the blood out vof people, give me a call.
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### Author:  [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-english-rabbit-straight-out-of-wallace-and-gromit/351911/18 "2006-04-10T16:07:47Z")
This must be a [Bun-Bun](http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=970901) sighting.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-english-rabbit-straight-out-of-wallace-and-gromit/351911/19 "2006-04-10T16:40:14Z")
> [@Unregistered Bull](#):
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> Kind of reminds me of the movie Night of the Lepus that had giant killer rabbits.
(Truck with a PA system):
ATTENTION EVERYONE! A HERD OF KILLER RABBITS IS HEADED THIS WAY!
Cool.
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### Author:  [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-english-rabbit-straight-out-of-wallace-and-gromit/351911/20 "2006-04-10T17:23:49Z")
I’ve seen a Flemish Giant rabbit up close, it was huge! But it was still a cute widdle bunny with the twitchy nose and lonG ears and I wanted to hug it and squeeze it and stroke its fur backwards.
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