Sunday, March 16, 2014

Japan's Rabbit Island


When I first saw this video I thought maybe those rabbits were hers and she just took them for a walk. *Hey, crazier things have happened.*

But it turns out that on an Island located near Hiroshima and Shikoku there is this island called, Ōkunoshima where bunnies roam free and tourists come to play, cuddle and feed them.

During World War II this island was a top secret military site where they made poison gas for chemical warfare. Bunnies were brought there to test the effects of the gas but when the war ended the workers released all the bunnies. *Some sources say that a few bunnies were released from school children in the 70's but no one knows for sure how they got there*

There's a hotel on the Island and you can buy pellet food to feed the bunnies.

If you want to read an article on bunny island and see some really cute photos just click the link below.

 Ōkunoshima's Bunny Island

11 comments:

  1. A cat island and a bunny island, geez they have it all over there

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  2. OMG! I want to go to Bunny Island!

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  3. Pat- it seems so.

    Sharon- Me too!

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  4. almost like a feral cat colony. i do hope they get fed well, but maybe some neutering, too! :)

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  5. Wow, that is an amazing sight!

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  6. That's a lot of rabbits :)

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  7. Nope. Nope nope nope. That's just a couple too many bunnies moving WAY too fast for this girl. I'd be a girly shrieking mess. lol

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  8. Now that is about as non-threatening a stampede as one can imagine. Thanks for the history lesson as well.

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  9. Shelley- Glad you liked it.

    Anna- aww they are so cute. I bet you'd get used to it once you saw how they were just following not attacking. lol

    Slamdunk- Yes, I thought so too. :)

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  10. Well done! I couldn't help but think of the movie Godzilla :) Bunny Godzillas... now that's a thought.

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  11. I love bunnies too, but it is a bit creepy what if you don't have food, will they eat you?

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