Wookit da bunneh!
February 8, 2016 6:49 PM Subscribe
The Scottish SPCA is looking for a new home for Atlas, a continental giant rabbit. "Giant rabbit?" you ask, "How big could a-- Oh dear lord will you look at that." The 7-month old, nearly 6-kilogram Atlas is still growing, and the SSPCA wants you to know that "A standard rabbit hutch won’t do so his new owner will need plenty of space for him."
That is a disturbingly enormous rabbit.
Do I remember that the Teletubbies show was made with freakishly huge rabbits, so they would look normal-sized next to the giant teletubbies costumes?
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 6:57 PM on February 8, 2016 [2 favorites]
Do I remember that the Teletubbies show was made with freakishly huge rabbits, so they would look normal-sized next to the giant teletubbies costumes?
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 6:57 PM on February 8, 2016 [2 favorites]
He'll do you up a treat, mate!
posted by entropicamericana at 6:59 PM on February 8, 2016 [7 favorites]
posted by entropicamericana at 6:59 PM on February 8, 2016 [7 favorites]
I was with some friends in Pittsburgh when we saw someone taking their rabbit on a walk. This is Suitcase, a Flemish Giant (I think, this was two years ago). The walker told us he'd grow to be around 20lb.
The wikipedia page on Flemish Giants has some big bunnies.
posted by you could feel the sky at 7:02 PM on February 8, 2016 [9 favorites]
The wikipedia page on Flemish Giants has some big bunnies.
posted by you could feel the sky at 7:02 PM on February 8, 2016 [9 favorites]
Funny, he looks a lot bigger than a cat of equivalent weight, I think it's the ears.
posted by jeather at 7:05 PM on February 8, 2016
posted by jeather at 7:05 PM on February 8, 2016
Lagomorphs of unusual size? I don't think they exist.
posted by ChuraChura at 7:08 PM on February 8, 2016 [32 favorites]
posted by ChuraChura at 7:08 PM on February 8, 2016 [32 favorites]
Does a saddle come with it?
posted by Thorzdad at 7:13 PM on February 8, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Thorzdad at 7:13 PM on February 8, 2016 [1 favorite]
What's he do? Nibble your bum?
posted by cleroy at 7:18 PM on February 8, 2016 [8 favorites]
posted by cleroy at 7:18 PM on February 8, 2016 [8 favorites]
OH! S P CA! I misread that as SCA and I thought he was bred as some kind of Ren Faire stunt, like to show how big rabbits REALLY were in those days.
posted by branduno at 7:20 PM on February 8, 2016 [11 favorites]
posted by branduno at 7:20 PM on February 8, 2016 [11 favorites]
Good lord, just donate that thing to SETI. I'm sure they'll find a use for it.
posted by uosuaq at 7:20 PM on February 8, 2016
posted by uosuaq at 7:20 PM on February 8, 2016
Asked directly for comment, Atlas... made a disinterested gesture.
posted by Wolfdog at 7:27 PM on February 8, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Wolfdog at 7:27 PM on February 8, 2016 [2 favorites]
I find giant Scottish rabbits rather frightening, after the whole Caerbannog fiasco.
posted by TedW at 7:30 PM on February 8, 2016 [9 favorites]
posted by TedW at 7:30 PM on February 8, 2016 [9 favorites]
Bunnicula? Nah. Bunnzilla!
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 7:33 PM on February 8, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 7:33 PM on February 8, 2016 [4 favorites]
Get the holy hand grenade!
posted by cjorgensen at 7:36 PM on February 8, 2016 [9 favorites]
posted by cjorgensen at 7:36 PM on February 8, 2016 [9 favorites]
Reminds me of Brown Buck. He had been a stud at the university labs but had become too old for the "work". A student who lived in our apartments adopted him. He was huge. Easily as big as the one in the article. She would just let him out and he would graze on the front lawn. Local cats would come by to check him out and then slowly back away sort of saying, "Nope, nope, nope..."
posted by jim in austin at 7:43 PM on February 8, 2016 [21 favorites]
posted by jim in austin at 7:43 PM on February 8, 2016 [21 favorites]
I would have a hard time not naming a rabbit like that "General Woundwort".
posted by Grimgrin at 7:47 PM on February 8, 2016 [14 favorites]
posted by Grimgrin at 7:47 PM on February 8, 2016 [14 favorites]
That reminds me of the first picture in this blog post.
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 7:53 PM on February 8, 2016
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 7:53 PM on February 8, 2016
ZOMG, need to move to the old country! I WANT ARMFUL OF GIANT RABBIT.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 7:56 PM on February 8, 2016
posted by Ogre Lawless at 7:56 PM on February 8, 2016
If you go to your local county fair, some of the 4H kids might be showing enormo-rabbits, although I don't think I've ever seen one quite as enormous as this rabbit.
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 7:58 PM on February 8, 2016
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 7:58 PM on February 8, 2016
Pretty sure that rabbit could take my cat in a fight.
And I've got a pretty huge cat.
posted by Itaxpica at 8:08 PM on February 8, 2016
And I've got a pretty huge cat.
posted by Itaxpica at 8:08 PM on February 8, 2016
Forget the cat. That rabbit could probably take most of us in a fight.
posted by azpenguin at 8:10 PM on February 8, 2016 [10 favorites]
posted by azpenguin at 8:10 PM on February 8, 2016 [10 favorites]
My (Glaswegian) GF's comment after I read the story was, "I like how you Americans say CAR-DONALD."
And also, "That's 5 pounds lighter than our cat."
posted by Huck500 at 8:16 PM on February 8, 2016 [2 favorites]
And also, "That's 5 pounds lighter than our cat."
posted by Huck500 at 8:16 PM on February 8, 2016 [2 favorites]
I finally understand Anya's terror.
posted by rtha at 8:44 PM on February 8, 2016 [18 favorites]
posted by rtha at 8:44 PM on February 8, 2016 [18 favorites]
The Scottish SPCA thanks North Korea for its expression of interest but is looking to place Atlas closer to home.
posted by sebastienbailard at 9:00 PM on February 8, 2016
posted by sebastienbailard at 9:00 PM on February 8, 2016
Imagine the size of his balls.
posted by colie at 11:58 PM on February 8, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by colie at 11:58 PM on February 8, 2016 [2 favorites]
Do I remember that the Teletubbies show was made with freakishly huge rabbits, so they would look normal-sized next to the giant teletubbies costumes?
Yes, they were. Our vet at the time was the official vet for the Teletubby rabbits. She had one at home that had been retired due to injury. They were big rabbits.
Every rabbit I've had has been able to take on the cat...
posted by Helga-woo at 1:36 AM on February 9, 2016 [4 favorites]
Yes, they were. Our vet at the time was the official vet for the Teletubby rabbits. She had one at home that had been retired due to injury. They were big rabbits.
Every rabbit I've had has been able to take on the cat...
posted by Helga-woo at 1:36 AM on February 9, 2016 [4 favorites]
I had a lop earned rabbit that used to terrorize the poodle.
posted by Cocodrillo at 2:47 AM on February 9, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Cocodrillo at 2:47 AM on February 9, 2016 [1 favorite]
Lot of good eatin' on a rabbit that size.
posted by the uncomplicated soups of my childhood at 6:54 PM on February 8
Eponysterical?
posted by Nat "King" Cole Porter Wagoner at 3:04 AM on February 9, 2016 [7 favorites]
posted by the uncomplicated soups of my childhood at 6:54 PM on February 8
Eponysterical?
posted by Nat "King" Cole Porter Wagoner at 3:04 AM on February 9, 2016 [7 favorites]
So, I live out where it used to be rural, before dallas and Plano ran out of room to the north and west, and started moving east. We used to have coyote and large raptors that would keep the bunny population under control. Now, there's so many bunnies, it's like a Victorian Easter card up in here.
And even though I know I have a massive warren under the back yard, with dozens of babies about to spring forth like an adorable tidal wave of foliage destruction, I now desperately want a giant bunny.
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 6:09 AM on February 9, 2016
And even though I know I have a massive warren under the back yard, with dozens of babies about to spring forth like an adorable tidal wave of foliage destruction, I now desperately want a giant bunny.
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 6:09 AM on February 9, 2016
Every rabbit I've had has been able to take on the cat...
I had a lop earned rabbit that used to terrorize the poodle.
Much as we seem to think of rabbits as skittish prey animals, they may be tougher than we suspect. I remember when I was growing up, one of our neighbors had a big lop-eared rabbit (not as big as this giant but pretty darn big), a German shepherd mix and a doberman. The rabbit lived in a fenced enclosure adjacent to the big fenced dog run, and I asked my neighbor one day, "Isn't the rabbit afraid of the dogs?" She said, "No, the dogs are afraid of the rabbit." I always had a lot of respect for that rabbit after that.
posted by dlugoczaj at 8:17 AM on February 9, 2016 [1 favorite]
I had a lop earned rabbit that used to terrorize the poodle.
Much as we seem to think of rabbits as skittish prey animals, they may be tougher than we suspect. I remember when I was growing up, one of our neighbors had a big lop-eared rabbit (not as big as this giant but pretty darn big), a German shepherd mix and a doberman. The rabbit lived in a fenced enclosure adjacent to the big fenced dog run, and I asked my neighbor one day, "Isn't the rabbit afraid of the dogs?" She said, "No, the dogs are afraid of the rabbit." I always had a lot of respect for that rabbit after that.
posted by dlugoczaj at 8:17 AM on February 9, 2016 [1 favorite]
SUITCASE
That is the greatest rabbit name I have ever heard.
posted by clavicle at 9:47 AM on February 9, 2016 [3 favorites]
That is the greatest rabbit name I have ever heard.
posted by clavicle at 9:47 AM on February 9, 2016 [3 favorites]
So, I live out where it used to be rural, before dallas and Plano ran out of room to the north and west, and started moving east. We used to have coyote and large raptors that would keep the bunny population under control. Now, there's so many bunnies, it's like a Victorian Easter card up in here.
Same for us in the suburbs northeast of Austin.
posted by tippiedog at 10:14 AM on February 9, 2016
Same for us in the suburbs northeast of Austin.
posted by tippiedog at 10:14 AM on February 9, 2016
I would pat him and pet him and name him ¡Jorge!
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 10:15 AM on February 9, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 10:15 AM on February 9, 2016 [3 favorites]
Biggest rabbit in the world from Bromsgrove. I am not sure what it is with the UK and enormous bunnies.
posted by brilliantmistake at 11:18 AM on February 9, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by brilliantmistake at 11:18 AM on February 9, 2016 [1 favorite]
I am not sure what it is with the UK and enormous bunnies.
It's related to something called The Watership Initiative, very hush-hush.
posted by emjaybee at 8:18 PM on February 9, 2016 [2 favorites]
It's related to something called The Watership Initiative, very hush-hush.
posted by emjaybee at 8:18 PM on February 9, 2016 [2 favorites]
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