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Newsweek warns of dangerous bunnies and other "baddest breeds"

by Annie Scott (RSS feed) on Feb 17th 2010 at 12:00PM

Remember our list of the Top Ten Most Badass Animals Native to the USA? Well, Newsweek has taken it a step further and produced a photo gallery of the baddest animal breeds in the world.

Number 8 on the list: bunny rabbits. Seriously. The cutie pie you see at right is a European rabbit, whose modus operandi is reportedly to "reproduce in the manner they've become famous for and overrun whatever habitat they enter. Native to Spain and Portugal, this hopping plague has trampled much of the world, including Washington state's San Juan Island and Hawaii. In Australia rabbits are partly blamed for killing off more than 10 percent of the mammal species. They rip up farms, ruin soil, and support lots of other troublesome species, including feral cats and foxes."

Other animals on Newsweek's list include wild boars and snakeheads in the US, the Indian mongoose, South American killer bees, Russian zebra mussels, Chinese crabs and more. Page through to find out which critters to watch out for on your next trip.

Who knew bunnies were so fierce?

Answer: Monty Python.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

seawitch1313 Feb 22nd 2010 8:48AM

I LOVE that you put MP on here as an example LMAO!!!!!!!!!

Annie Scott Feb 22nd 2010 2:10PM

The pleasure is all mine. :)

ttrexxx Feb 22nd 2010 9:25AM

I once had a playboy bunny give me a hicky

WILL Feb 22nd 2010 9:35AM

I THOUGHT THE LIST THERE TALKING ABOUT WOULD BE THE MENU

JuliaC. Feb 22nd 2010 9:48AM

Maybe we can have PETA go get all the rabbits and give them a home inside their gas chamber at PETA headquarters. If it was good enough for all the dogs and cats they murdered why not for these true pests??

Clarissa Feb 22nd 2010 10:10AM

What a great idea!!! Instead of PETA funneling $40,000.00 to an arsonist to firebomb a medical research lab, they could use that money to take in these little ol' cute bunnies!!!

Shoshi Feb 22nd 2010 11:24AM

Clarissa, what are you talking about?
Makin' up stories are, ya?

MIke Feb 22nd 2010 10:30AM

Austrailia made a big mistake taking away everybody's guns.
They should give them back and have open season on rabbits.

Clarissa Feb 22nd 2010 10:49AM

Good idea Mike. People could use the meat for food or donate it. Oh, wait a minute, PETA wouldn't like that would they?? They'd rather have a person starve than eat meat.

Danae Feb 22nd 2010 11:08AM

Maybe we could have PETA members go over to Australia and beat them with a crow bar like they did to an elderly woman wearing a fur in New York City.

julymoon Feb 22nd 2010 10:33PM

Live and let live.

DrummanED Feb 22nd 2010 12:33PM

That was a really funny video.

Chris Feb 22nd 2010 12:51PM

So many comments about PETA......this is good.....means they are doing their job as intended.

mgm Feb 22nd 2010 7:29PM

Bunnies are the cutes pets , mine is call Jumpy she is 8 years old. They are not rodant by the way , this is a funny youtube video.

snoel Feb 22nd 2010 1:06PM

Rabbit tastes pretty good if you make sure all the shotgun pellets are out of the meat before cooking. Wouldn't be as many feral cats if people would spay their animals. The coyotes and grey fox keep the rabbits and mice down to a livable level in my neck of the woods. Raised rabbits for a time as a kid-they are not the cute little fuzzy wuzzies a lot of people think they are. Their are many great animall protective agencies out there including the aspca-peta is not one of them.

westmoonrising Feb 22nd 2010 1:23PM

All of the species are listed as "bad" because they are all introduced species. Bighead Carp, for example, aren't nearly as much of a problem in asia because it's their native habitat and they belong there. They have natural predators there to keep the population in check. However, in the midwest, they lack natural predators and they've got an abundant food source. Hence, the population runs rampant and they're litterally destroying the ecosystem singlehandedly.

The general moral of the story is; never, ever, under any surcumstances no matter how good of intentions you have or how good of an idea it seems at the time, introduce a non-native species into an environment. There are times it's worked, but they are few and far between and 90% of the time it just causes more problems.

Sprinkle Cookie Feb 22nd 2010 1:26PM

How do they kill off mammal species? They're herbivores.

Noel Feb 22nd 2010 1:49PM

Rabbits eat the grasses and grains the native mammals would have eaten-competition for food and rapid reproduction of rabbits....maybe we could harness them to mow lawns...sort of a green lawnmower...but they are too dumb to train.

PETASUCKS Feb 22nd 2010 1:35PM

Sure PETA is doing their job.................funneling $40,000.00 to a convicted arsonist who firebombed a medical research facility. Ingrid Newkirk is against any animal research testing even if it means a cure for AIDS. She wants to put an end to anyone owning pets.

PETA is a terrorist group.