how large can a rabbit be...?

hmmm..... perhaps the only rabbits that i came across are those cute little ones you see in pet shops all over singapore, thus i can't imagine anyone actually eating them.... until i ACCIDENTIALLY eaten one myself in my first few days in portugal... thought it was chicken... well, it did tasted like chicken... and recalling the first time i saw dead rabbits at the butcher... de-skinned and ready to be cooked.... horrifying... **will post a pic out when i have the chance to... must make my way to the butcher with my camera...**

but let's not diverge from the main topic.... how big can a rabbit be? and what do you do with it??

"EBERSWALDE (Germany) - In a small corner of the former East Germany, a retired truck driver is hoping to alleviate the hunger of North Korea with his super-sized rabbits.

Mr Karl Szmolinsky, 67, has been breeding German grey giant bunnies - among the world's biggest - for more than 40 years.

But he caught the attention of the reclusive communist state last year when he won a competition in his home state of Brandenburg with a rabbit called Robert, weighing in at a hefty 10.5 kilogrammes.

Local newspaper coverage of the giant bunny was picked up by a North Korean television crew and word spread.

'A delegation from the North Korean embassy came to the house in November. They were interested in the rabbits and kept repeating in German, 'kilo, kilo, meat, meat',' Mr Szmolinsky said.

The rabbits are startlingly big - roughly the size of a small pig. 'One adult animal can feed a family of six,' Mr Szmolinsky said.

He struck a generous deal with the North Koreans, who bought 12 rabbits for 80 euros (S$160) each compared with the price he charges to German breeders of between 200 and 250 euros.

'I was delighted with their offer. I want to help the North Korean people because it's a very poor country,' he said.

'I'm doing this for the children and the people who are hungry, because having lived through the war as a child I know what hunger is,' he added"

source: Straits Times Online (12 Feb)