Psycho Rabbits Go After Snakes

These are definitely not the bunnies you want to get for your five-year-old’s birthday.

Two wild rabbits, apparently avid fans of Cujo, have been terrorizing the snake population of Cairns, Australia. Armando Del Manso, 42, has been finding dead snakes on his East Barron property for the better part of three weeks. Each snake was riddled with teeth marks, making Del Manso believe that his dog was to blame.

And who wouldn’t want to think that Fido was a snake eater, fiercely protecting Master and property? That’s why it was so surprising when the boilmaker discovered that it was not man’s best friend, but Flopsy and Mopsy who were on the snake-killing rampage.

He made the shocking discovery when he saw the rabid duo ganging up on a very bewildered and doomed king brown snake. “I’m gobsmacked,” Del Manso said, “It’s absolutely incredible. 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.”

He said that he had been watching from his veranda, using a spotlight to catch what Starz might call the hot bunny action. Del Manso admitted that he believed no one would believe his story, and that he feared everyone would think him crazy.

But it’s not Del Manso who is crazy; it’s the furry extras from 28 Days Later. And how ironic is it that they’re going after deadly snakes that would normally be able to strike, kill and consume them within a heartbeat?

And if bunnies can do this while rabid, is it possible when they’re perfectly sane? Perhaps it’s the simple bunny mindset of fear—much like our own after too much CNN—making them unable to defend themselves against snakes. Perhaps a simple lobotomy would raise the bunnies’ food chain position expansively, leading to a whole line of bunny secret agent movies (B-Force?), rabbit black ops and snakes going into witness protection.

This particular pair of rabbits, each around the size of a house cat, were living under a pile of wood in Del Manso’s backyard. It was also discovered that the rabbits had baby bunnies, which leads to another generality: Don’t f*** with a rabbit’s baby bunny.  

Del Manso, whose property is riddled with snakes, was actually bitten by a python in his own kitchen after the discovery. It seems he might be safer outside under the rabbits’ watchful gaze than inside.