North Koreans deny eating Giant Rabbits

[pscot]

http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,475218,00.html

A German rabbit breeder who sold 12 rabbits to North Korea to breed giant bunnies said he won't be exporting any more to the reclusive communist country because he suspects they have been eaten.

Karl Szmolinsky, 68, sent the spectacularly huge rabbits, which are as big as dogs, to North Korea late last year and had said in January he might deliver more to assist the country's program to alleviate food shortages through rabbit breeding.

He had been due to travel to North Korea after Easter to provide advice on setting up a breeding facility for the rabbits, which can produce around seven kilos of meat.

But his trip was cancelled at short notice. Szmolinsky said he got a call from a North Korean official last Thursday informing him that the trip was off because the government was unhappy with the way in which a local Berlin newspaper had reported about the deal....

[YOY]

1. What else did he think the N. Koreans would do with them???

Teach them to jump out of oversized hats?

[WinkyDink]

2. They must be better than tree bark, after all.

[originalpckelly]

3. "sent the spectacularly huge rabbits, which are as big as dogs"

Oh my.

[pscot]

4. There are some pictures

if you follow the link and scroll down a bit.

[Lobster Martini]

5. Oh, my, it's the "Night of the Lepus"

There aren't a lot of movies about giant killer bunnies, which is good for civilization. This one, unfortunately, exists mainly so that people can mock it: http://www.agonybooth.com/lepus/

[semillama]

7. I have a clip of this movie on video tape somewhere

I was flipping through late night channels about 10 or 15 years ago and came across it. After watching in amazement that such a film could even exist, i taped the last half hour to show friends.

It's one of the most ridiculous monster movies ever made.

[HeeBGBz]

6. Those are some big bunnies!

You could damn near ride one down the bunny hole.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. Did someone say ... giant rabbit?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

9. OK, OK, I'll bite.

What's the story?

[eppur_se_muova]

10. Performance art, what else? By a group called Gelitin.

http://www.gelitin.net/mambo/index.php

[Canuckistanian]

11. Here's another story

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1541732.html

Truly bizarre.

[BreweryYardRat]

12. Congrats, they let their hunger make them stupid.

Idiots. No matter how hungry you are, you have to raise a litter or two before you can start chowing down. Give a man a rabbit...yadda yadda yadda.