# Giant Rabbits to Feed North Koreans **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rabbits-to-feed-north-koreans/388269 "2007-01-17T00:25:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rabbits-to-feed-north-koreans/388269/1 "2007-01-17T00:25:03Z")
[http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,458863,00.html](http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,458863,00.html) How much more do I really need to say? This story has North Korea, giant bunnies and a German. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rabbits-to-feed-north-koreans/388269/2 "2007-01-17T00:37:07Z")
Hmmm…_Night Of The Lepus_ meets _Red Dawn_. I dunno… ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rabbits-to-feed-north-koreans/388269/3 "2007-01-17T03:13:46Z")
That’s the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on! (You tit! I soiled my armour I was so scared!) ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rabbits-to-feed-north-koreans/388269/4 "2007-01-17T03:24:02Z")
Favorite quote from the article: > [@](#): > > The 12 bunnies he sent can produce 60 babies a year – if the North Koreans find enough food to feed them properly. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rabbits-to-feed-north-koreans/388269/5 "2007-01-17T03:40:57Z")
They interviewed the guy on NPR. “There is a lot of good meat in the head.” Umm, rabbit head meat! ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rabbits-to-feed-north-koreans/388269/6 "2007-01-17T03:48:22Z")
I really want a giant bunny as a pet. Seriously. I’ve googled, but all I can find on this guy is this story, and a couple things in German. Does anyone have any leads on giant bunnies? Is there anything cuddlier? ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rabbits-to-feed-north-koreans/388269/7 "2007-01-17T04:12:51Z")
I generally assume that animals which are mass-bred for consumption became so as they were the most streamlined for converting vegetation to meat. Given that, the fact that chickens are the big cage-able meat in the rest of the world, I would have to assume that it’s cheaper in terms of vegetation to make chicken meat than bunny. Or do European-type people just not like eating bunny? ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rabbits-to-feed-north-koreans/388269/8 "2007-01-17T06:18:03Z")
“Tell me about the rabbits, Jong-Il. Tell me about the rabbits again.” “One day, we’ll vanquish the imperialist oppressors, the Yankees and their running-dog lackeys in Seoul, and then we’ll be livin’ off the fat of the land. And you’ll take care of the giant German-bred bunny rabbits.” ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rabbits-to-feed-north-koreans/388269/9 "2007-01-17T08:05:22Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Hmmm…_Night Of The Lepus_ meets _Red Dawn_. I dunno… [/QUOTE] **Radio Free America Announcer** : It’s 11:59 on Radio Free America; this is Uncle Sam, with music, and the truth until dawn. Right now I’ve got a few words for some of our brothers and sisters in the occupied zone: "Attention! Attention! Ladies and gentlemen, attention! There is a herd of killer rabbits headed this way and we desperately need your help! ". It’s twelve o’clock… ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rabbits-to-feed-north-koreans/388269/10 "2007-01-17T08:19:03Z")
Those images, which use perspective tricks to make the rabbits appear much bigger than they obviously are, are annoyingly unprofessional. I wish they just had one simple image of the rabbit sitting next to a normal sized one for scale. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rabbits-to-feed-north-koreans/388269/11 "2007-01-17T08:53:34Z")
We’ve got one at work that’s a twenty - pounder. She’s a Flemish Giant and she’s albino. Yep, Whiteout is one big bunny! Based on what she looks like, I’d say the pics aren’t really that much out of perspective, not for a 10 kilo+ animal. FWIW, I’ve never eaten rabbit and likely won’t. I’m typing this with my own two, Sapphire and Spooky, sitting right behind me! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rabbits-to-feed-north-koreans/388269/12 "2007-01-17T13:00:03Z")
[QUOTE=GIGObuster] **Radio Free America Announcer** : It’s 11:59 on Radio Free America; this is Uncle Sam, with music, and the truth until dawn. Right now I’ve got a few words for some of our brothers and sisters in the occupied zone: "Attention! Attention! Ladies and gentlemen, attention! There is a herd of killer rabbits headed this way and we desperately need your help! ". It’s twelve o’clock… [/QUOTE] \Laugh wala you can, Monkey-Boy! The Giant a Bunnies are-a [COMIN!](http://www.horrordvds.com/reviews/n-z/notlepus/notlepus_shot2l.jpg) [A-comin for-a YOU!](http://hamous.org/images/lepus.jpg) \ 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rabbits-to-feed-north-koreans/388269/13 "2007-01-17T13:46:53Z")
[QUOTE=pool] [http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,458863,00.html](http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,458863,00.html) How much more do I really need to say? This story has North Korea, giant bunnies and a German. [/QUOTE] By any chance, is the German’s name Hasenfeffer…? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rabbits-to-feed-north-koreans/388269/14 "2007-01-17T16:05:28Z")
[QUOTE=Sage Rat] I generally assume that animals which are mass-bred for consumption became so as they were the most streamlined for converting vegetation to meat. Given that, the fact that chickens are the big cage-able meat in the rest of the world, I would have to assume that it’s cheaper in terms of vegetation to make chicken meat than bunny. Or do European-type people just not like eating bunny? [/QUOTE] I think rabbits do fine on grass and other plants that humans don’t digest. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rabbits-to-feed-north-koreans/388269/15 "2007-01-17T20:21:06Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] That’s the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on! ] [/QUOTE] No…these two are! > **[S.S.D.D - Archive](http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20040621.html)** [http://www.pholph.com/index.php?Strip=678](http://www.pholph.com/index.php?Strip=678) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rabbits-to-feed-north-koreans/388269/16 "2007-01-17T20:56:38Z")
_“I’m not a wabbit… I need some West.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rabbits-to-feed-north-koreans/388269/17 "2007-01-18T00:58:10Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] I think rabbits do fine on grass and other plants that humans don’t digest. [/QUOTE] I thought in North Korea the grass was reserved for people. I hope the rabbits can subsist on sawdust and used cardboard. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rabbits-to-feed-north-koreans/388269/18 "2007-01-18T01:24:21Z")
Giant rabbits are the real reason we’re now 5 minutes to midnight on the [Doomsday Clock](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_clock). ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rabbits-to-feed-north-koreans/388269/19 "2007-01-18T02:23:48Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] I think rabbits do fine on grass and other plants that humans don’t digest. [/QUOTE] No of course. I meant that in terms of economics. Any animal takes X amount of space, Y amount of feed, and produces Z amount of meat. You want to maximize Z while minimizing X and Y. So how does a giant rabbit compare to a chicken? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rabbits-to-feed-north-koreans/388269/20 "2007-01-18T02:30:27Z")
I saw this on CNN recently, but when I read the thread title I got an image of Kim Jong Il sitting in a high chair and a giant rabbit spoonfeeding him porridge. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rabbits-to-feed-north-koreans/388269.md?page=2)