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Australia: Killer rabbits attack snakes (table has been turned)
Cairns Post (Australia) ^
| 09/15/09
| Sean Muir,
Posted on 09/16/2009 7:44:28 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Killer rabbits attack snakes
Sean Muir, Tablelander
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
© The Cairns Post
A PAIR of rabid rabbits has been caught killing a series of snakes near Cairns.
For three weeks Armando Del Manso believed his dog was responsible for the dead snakes showing up with teeth marks all over them on his East Barron propertys lawn each morning.
But it turns out it was a pair of rampaging rabbits killing the snakes.
Pictures: Cairns snakes
The 42-year-old boilermaker first made the discovery Tuesday night when he spotted the two wild rabbits attacking a king brown snake.
The snake was raised up in the air in the striking position and the two rabbits worked their way around him and killed him in two minutes, Mr Del Manso said.
Im gobsmacked, its absolutely incredible.
We were watching from the veranda with a spotlight, and I thought, who is going to believe this, theyll think Im crazy.
Rabbit attacks snake on video
Killer instinct: East Barron resident Armando Del Manso says wild rabbits are responsible for the deaths of a series of snakes at his home.
Bitten to death: One of the snakes that Armando Del Manso saw being attacked by rabbits.
Victims: A king brown and brown tree snake that were killed by rabbits.
(Excerpt) Read more at cairns.com.au ...
TOPICS: Local News; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: australia; rabbit; snake; wildlife
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To: Secret Agent Man
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posted on
09/16/2009 9:15:05 PM PDT
by
Defiant
(Hey socialists-- We're right, we fight, get used to it.)
To: Secret Agent Man
Well... these are *Australian* Rabbits after all.
“Both the flora and fauna of the continent is extremely dangerous, as Death’s Library attests. A book series known as “Dangerous Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Birds, Fish, Jellyfish, Insects, Spiders, Crustaceans, Grasses, Trees, Mosses and Lichens of Terror Incognita” extends at least into “Volume 29c Part Three”, while a list of the harmless ones contains only “Some of the sheep.” There are few poisonous snakes in XXXX, the explanation for this being that “most of them have been eaten by the spiders”.”
Or the Rabbits.
42
posted on
09/16/2009 9:21:20 PM PDT
by
Zoe Brain
(Rocket Scientist, Naval Combat System Architect)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Yea Jimmy Carter open his big yap in the news and MSM run a story about how there really are killer rabbits?... typical ;>
43
posted on
09/16/2009 10:27:45 PM PDT
by
tophat9000
(Obama plans to fix America like he fixed his dog)
To: shibumi
But does it have big, nasty pointy teeth?
44
posted on
09/16/2009 10:45:58 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.........)
To: Unassuaged
I knew I couldn’t be the only person who thought of Watership Down from this.
45
posted on
09/17/2009 1:12:38 AM PDT
by
Fire_on_High
(One Big Ass Mistake America!)
To: Zoe Brain
“Well... these are *Australian* Rabbits after all.”
I’m not surprised by this.... there’s not much around here that *doesn’t* kill other animals and/or humans.
To: AussieJoe
Only one problem with that video, it's about 4 years old It's made it's way around the net several time's. The first time I seen it they claimed it was in Barton Spring’s TX. It looks like your average Cotton Tail and your average Coach Whip, both native to TX.
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