See Why They Call It "Rabbit Island" | Nat Geo Wild
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- The small island of Ōkunoshima in Japan has become famous for a large and growing population of non-native rabbits.
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Japan's island Ōkunoshima has become famous for a colony of feral bunnies. Some say they descend from eight bunnies set free by a nearby school in 1971. With no predators, the number ballooned to more than 700. Visits to what's now often called “Rabbit Island” have increased, with social media contributing to the boom. The rabbits rely on tourists for food. When visits go up, so does the food-albeit often lacking in nutrition. Off-season, bunnies face slim rations. As wild animals, the rabbits have no official caregivers. How they may fare in the future is unclear.
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Angry? Sad? Hate life? Come to bunny island & u will be instantly happy. Warning: u may b mobbed by fluffy cuteness.
I was here a few years ago. Unfortunately because there are so many bunnies eating everything on the island, their food sources are becoming scarce because the vegetation isn't growing back fast enough. A lot of them are very unhealthy and starving, so they do rely very much on the food that people bring from the mainland for them when they come visit the island.
They're so friendly 😍
This made me so happy at first but left me sad
Thats just how it is with the little guys.. they are natures snickers for predators and they over populate and eat themselves out of sustainability.. but they are the gosh darn cutest little fellas on Earth
That's awesome...I loved Rabbit😘😘...so cute😍... really want to visit this place😋😋😋...not enough money though 😅😅😅
The rabbits are adorable, aren't they? 🐰 Thanks for watching, Jinal!
Very nice, i love rabbits....
Here wabbit wabbit wabbit wabbit.
I would live in this island
Dan TDP Why live in the island when you can live on it? I’m joking lol.
BorkingHorse no, live over the island.
i wanna liv dere
Why no live under it
so cute 😍😍😍😍
I NEED TO VISIT THAT ISLAND!!! IT'S MY BIGGEST DREAM!😍
I'm watching this only thinking about Watership Down.
Heaven on earth
0:40 Rabbit🐇🐰 Sounds🔊 Sound🔊
Roar! 2017 Animal🐵🐔🐶🐷🐥🐶🐱🐮
There's an island on oahu in waimanalo Hawaii called rabbit island there was wild rabbits on that island
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These rabbits are not even taken care of😞 who else just watched lennon the rabbits video?
so cute!
hmm yeah i guess im gonna move to that place
Nice vid ! Do one about the cat island!
this is another episode of bunny island🐇🇯🇵!
They need to At least have a company plant grass. Since no predators they have eaten all the grass. That’s the only downside. At one point t they will starve
Boop at the end
Ima move there and grow them some food
Yep it's like wwz but with cuddly bunny's
So good to hear cuz, predators in the other places constantly hunt them!
Show us the fox village in Zao :D
We have a Rabbit Island in New Zealand too . But Its not as amazing as this I dont think .
So basicly this bunny get food from visitor, and logicaly if there's no visitor, the bunny population decreased to ideal number, because the island maybe only capable to support certain little number of bunny. So the population will normally decreased. Nomnomnom.
If those rabbits pass diseases to the visitors, there's going to be lawsuits going around 😂
Unfortunately bunnies can only pay in hugs.
The Good ending for Watership Down
Rabbit turds are easy to clean up.
so sad for the bunnies]=
Cool.
It's sad but many of them probably died during the pandemic. Their numbers rapidly increased due to tourists but the sudden disappearance of tourists massively hurt their population
Awesome 😃 I wonder if some animal rescue group will step up to help the bunnies 🐰
Michelle Dietrich yes the tourists money :)
Make sure they get nutritional food 🐰
überguy I agree😃
überguy yeah NO
überguy I’m going to breed rabbiits
A weasel would be happy living there
cigarette!
The rabbits should start farming to survive
Bugs Bunny
Oh no how abt now? Is someone feeding them?
Whos their leader?
If I were there I'll buy Cabbage and Carrots instead these bunnies needs nutrition
Good eatin
Poor rabbits are sick and only get fed when people come
Sweet brown should live here, She don't get time for USA
there's also cats island in Japan
Tamil please
Deez rabbits will take over the world one day
Rabbits are like rats. They are filthy, carry disease, and breed like crazy. However, the one is loved, and the other is despised.
You could say the same of every lifeform on earth, including humans.
You shouldn't equate humans with other animals or vermin for that matter. Because 1. albeit humans are capable of great destruction, they're also the only animal with a moral sense and thus capable of good or evil. 2. You're also human.
Ryungun Rie rabbit is one of the cleanest pets out there they have no body Odor whatsoever and if they smelled then it must mean you kept the rabbit in small cage where there isn't room for her to roam.
Idiotic comment, coming from a human
Comparing rabbits with rats is a clear indication of misunderstanding both species. Perhaps a research would come in handy instead of criticism.
Wouldn't the ecosystem be bad on the island if the bunnies eat up the vegetation? I'd like to see some small Ferrell cats be put there also with maybe some wild dogs
Well we Humans have destroyed billions of hectares of earth's ecosystem so far and we have turned some of the biggest forests and oceans into plastic & garbage dump yard
What kind of intelligent species would you like to put here to keep a check on Human race??? lol
Kellen Is Dead There are some areas with plenty vegetation remaining. Most rabbits are likely to remain concentrated in the town area. Plus they're mostly fed by the locals and tourists alike that bring them food. The locals there are more likely to want the rabbits to remain as they bring in tourists.
The tourists feed them thats why they run over to them
Hawks would have fun even stay in that island for good . That’s whaT they should release there.
pretty sure thats actually called poison gas island
merge rabbit island and snake island
Jose Cuervo lmfao
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