• iesou@lemm.ee
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    Why is the fact that they were/are food so bad? People eat rabbit too.

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        A German once sent a dozen giant rabbits to North Korea in order to kick start a giant rabbit breeding program there. The intent was to help them overcome a famine, but instead the rabbits were all eaten at Kim il Sung’s birthday party.

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        Look up “rabbit starvation” some time. Rabbit’s fine but you have to be sure your diet is diverse enough.

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      There’s a few animals I was surprised to find out some find weird to eat: rabbit, horse, reindeer. I was especially surprised by rabbit. It’s such a commonly hunted animal too.

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        There was some speculation that humans are good at throwing rocks specifically for hunting rabbits before tool development. The sling made it even easier.