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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Giant Rabbit fossil found!

Just for interest sake :)
Source: Commons - http://www.curiosidadeanimal.com/anatomia_coelho.shtml

In Spain researchers have unearthed the fossil skeleton of a giant rabbit. It was found on the island of Minorca. It is said to have weighed 26.4 pounds and is between 3-5 million years old.

It was so big that it most likely lost its ability to hop.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2011/03/21/Spanish-island-yields-giant-rabbit-fossil/UPI-71941300752493/#ixzz1HJKrAnau
and here: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/21/scitech/main20045568.shtml 

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