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Offline Maik

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Rabbit Island
« on: Tuesday, 18 February, 2014 @ 22:51:04 »
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Moments before this video was taken, there were only two rabbits.

Just kidding, but it's not far off. During World War II, eight rabbits were brought to the Japanese island of Okunoshima, where they were used to test mustard gas.

Okunoshima is now known as "Rabbit Island," and tourists just love to feed the many wild bunnies.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/17/rabbits-on-okunoshima_n_4804907.html


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When the island was developed as a park after World War II, these rabbits were intentionally set loose. Many rabbits were used in the chemical munitions plant to test the effectiveness of the chemical weapons during World War II; however, those rabbits were killed when the factory was demolished. According to Murakami, the former director of the poison gas museum, the current rabbits have nothing to do with those that were involved with chemical weapon tests.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Ckunoshima