<p>The world’s biggest rabbit has been stolen from his home. Proclaimed the world’s biggest rabbit by Guinness, Darius was stolen from his&nbsp;home in Worcestershire in the United Kingdom.</p>

<p>The 129 centimetres-long continental rabbit was stolen from his&nbsp;enclosure where he&nbsp;used to live in Stoulton overnight on Saturday, The Guardian reported.</p>

<p>The West Merica police believe that the rabbit was stolen from its home. In 2010, the rabbit was certified by Guinness for a world record, making it the biggest creature of its kind.</p>

<p>Annette Edwards, Darius’ owner and caretaker has offered a reward of $1,374 (£1,000) for the rabbit’s return. Edwards referred to the theft as a “very sad day”.</p>

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<p>On Twitter, Edwards appealed to those who may have taken the rabbit to return it. “Please bring him back”, she said, while adding that the rabbit is now too old for breeding.</p>

<p>Police are currently urging citizens to share information so that the thieves may be caught and Darius be returned to his owner.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/technology/new-normal-robots-being-used-for-home-deliveries-due-to-surge-in-covid-cases-377223" hreflang="en">New normal? Robots being used for home deliveries due to surge in COVID cases</a></p>

<p>“We are appealing for information following the theft of an award-winning rabbit from its home in Stoulton, Worcestershire”, West Mercia police were cited as saying by The Guardian.</p>

<p>“It is believed the continental giant rabbit was stolen from its enclosure in the garden of the property of its owners overnight on Saturday 10 April to 11 April”, the police added.</p>


The world’s biggest rabbit has been stolen from his home. Proclaimed the world’s biggest rabbit by Guinness, Darius was stolen from his home in Worcestershire in the United Kingdom.

The world’s biggest rabbit has been stolen from his home. Proclaimed the world’s biggest rabbit by Guinness, Darius was stolen from his home in Worcestershire in the United Kingdom. The 129 centimetres-long continental rabbit was stolen from his enclosure where he used to live in Stoulton overnight on Saturday, The Guardian reported. The West Merica police believe that the rabbit was stolen from its home. In 2010, the rabbit was certified by Guinness for a world record, making it the biggest creature of its kind. Annette Edwards, Darius’ owner and caretaker has offered a reward of $1,374 (£1,000) for the rabbit’s return. Edwards referred to the theft as a “very sad day”. Also read: New species of frog unearthed in Peruvian Amazon jungle On Twitter, Edwards appealed to those who may have taken the rabbit to return it. “Please bring him back”, she said, while adding that the rabbit is now too old for breeding. Police are currently urging citizens to share information so that the thieves may be caught and Darius be returned to his owner. Also read: New normal? Robots being used for home deliveries due to surge in COVID cases “We are appealing for information following the theft of an award-winning rabbit from its home in Stoulton, Worcestershire”, West Mercia police were cited as saying by The Guardian. “It is believed the continental giant rabbit was stolen from its enclosure in the garden of the property of its owners overnight on Saturday 10 April to 11 April”, the police added.

World's biggest rabbit stolen from home in England

Native people living in the ancient city of Teotihuacan, now a World Heritage site located in modern-day Mexico, likely bred rabbits to eat and used their bones for tools, researchers said Wednesday.<br />
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The study in the open-access journal PLOS ONE represents one of the first known examples of small mammal breeding in an indigenous culture that existed from the first to the seventh century AD.<br />
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&quot;Because no large mammals such as goats, cows or horses were available for domestication in pre-Hispanic Mexico, many assume that native Americans did not have as intensive human-animal relationships as did societies of the Old World,&quot; said lead author Andrew Somerville, a researcher at the University of California, San Diego.<br />
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&quot;Our results suggest that citizens of the ancient city of Teotihuacan engaged in relationships with smaller and more diverse fauna, such as rabbits and jackrabbits, and that these may have been just as important as relationships with larger animals.&quot;<br />
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Many archeological excavations have been done at the site, which covers eight square miles and was home to some 100,000 residents, making it the largest urban center of its time, said the study.<br />
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Analyses have shown that wild rabbits were among the most common mammals there, making up 48 per cent of all identified fauna remains near a residential compound called Oztoyahualco.<br />
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Evidence of animal butchering was found in several rooms, where &quot;high soil phosphate levels in the floor suggest the presence of disintegrated fecal matter or blood from butchering,&quot; said the study.<br />
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Researchers found obsidian blades, multiple rabbit foot bones and low stone walls that may have been used as pens for keeping rabbits.<br />
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There is also &quot;a unique stone sculpture of a rabbit&quot; in a nearby public courtyard.<br />
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The study said many of the rabbits were likely acquired through the practice of garden-hunting.<br />
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Villagers would have nabbed rabbits from fields where squash, maize and beans were grown. Similar practices were seen in other pre-Hispanic societies of the era.<br />
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But saving their crops was not the only reason for the high number of rabbit remains, the study said.<br />
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Stable carbon and oxygen isotope analysis of 134 rabbit and hare bone specimens from the ancient city and 13 modern wild specimens from central Mexico showed that those inside the compound were eating more human-farmed crops, such as maize, suggesting that people were feeding them and raising them in Oztoyahualco.<br />
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&quot;The specimens with the greatest difference in isotope values came from a Teotihuacan complex that contained traces of animal butchering and a rabbit sculpture,&quot; said the study.<br />
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That means people were likely feeding the rabbits excess maize and other crops, and breeding them for food, thereby &quot;converting excess carbohydrates into high quality protein and economically valuable secondary products, such as fur, hide, glue and bones for tools.&quot;<br />
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Analyses have shown that wild rabbits were among the most common mammals here, making up 48 per cent of all identified fauna

Native people living in the ancient city of Teotihuacan, now a World Heritage site located in modern-day Mexico, likely bred rabbits to eat and used their bones for tools, researchers said Wednesday. The study in the open-access journal PLOS ONE represents one of the first known examples of small mammal breeding in an indigenous culture that existed from the first to the seventh century AD. "Because no large mammals such as goats, cows or horses were available for domestication in pre-Hispanic Mexico, many assume that native Americans did not have as intensive human-animal relationships as did societies of the Old World," said lead author Andrew Somerville, a researcher at the University of California, San Diego. "Our results suggest that citizens of the ancient city of Teotihuacan engaged in relationships with smaller and more diverse fauna, such as rabbits and jackrabbits, and that these may have been just as important as relationships with larger animals." Many archeological excavations have been done at the site, which covers eight square miles and was home to some 100,000 residents, making it the largest urban center of its time, said the study. "Our results suggest that citizens of the ancient city of Teotihuacan engaged in relationships with smaller and more diverse fauna, such as rabbits and jackrabbits, and that these may have been just as important as relationships with larger animals." Analyses have shown that wild rabbits were among the most common mammals there, making up 48 per cent of all identified fauna remains near a residential compound called Oztoyahualco. Evidence of animal butchering was found in several rooms, where "high soil phosphate levels in the floor suggest the presence of disintegrated fecal matter or blood from butchering," said the study. Researchers found obsidian blades, multiple rabbit foot bones and low stone walls that may have been used as pens for keeping rabbits. There is also "a unique stone sculpture of a rabbit" in a nearby public courtyard. The study said many of the rabbits were likely acquired through the practice of garden-hunting. Villagers would have nabbed rabbits from fields where squash, maize and beans were grown. Similar practices were seen in other pre-Hispanic societies of the era. But saving their crops was not the only reason for the high number of rabbit remains, the study said. Stable carbon and oxygen isotope analysis of 134 rabbit and hare bone specimens from the ancient city and 13 modern wild specimens from central Mexico showed that those inside the compound were eating more human-farmed crops, such as maize, suggesting that people were feeding them and raising them in Oztoyahualco. "The specimens with the greatest difference in isotope values came from a Teotihuacan complex that contained traces of animal butchering and a rabbit sculpture," said the study. That means people were likely feeding the rabbits excess maize and other crops, and breeding them for food, thereby "converting excess carbohydrates into high quality protein and economically valuable secondary products, such as fur, hide, glue and bones for tools." (AFP)

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