Monday, April 5, 2010

  Biggest Rabbit - world record set by Darius the Rabbit

  LONDON, UK -- Darius, a Continental Giant who is only 13 months old, owned by Annette Edwards, 59, weighs a thumping three-and-a-half stone (22.225) and is 4ft 3in long - setting the new world record for the Biggest Rabbit.

   Photo: Easter bunny Darius is just 13 months old but is as big as Georgia Hadley, six, who struggles to hold the 3½-stone giant. Photo by Caters (enlarge photo)

   Owner Annette Edwards, 59, of Worcester, who's Georgia's aunt, said: "He's a handsome beast."

   The previous Guinness world record for the Biggest Rabbit was set by Ralph the Rabbit who tipped the scales at three stone (42lb).
   A spokesman from Guinness World Records said: "This is the biggest bunny in the world. Darius is bigger than all the previous record holding rabbits. It's unbelievable that a rabbit could grow to over four-foot long."

   Darius, the Biggest Rabbit in the world - son of previous world record holder Alice - eats 12 carrots, two bowls of rabbit mix, three apples, a cabbage AND lots of hay every day.

    Ms Edwards, from Worcester, has bred big bunnies before but Darius has been recognised as the largest rabbit ever recorded.
    She said: 'He is very gentle and I wonder if this has helped him grow bigger than the rest. But he also runs around, so the combination of food and exercise has worked out for him. 'He really is a handsome beast and there's always a glint in his eye when you go near him.

    She said: "I only measured him this weekend and that was when I realised he was much bigger than Alice, who is the current record holder.

   "He is so gentle and I wonder if this has helped him grow bigger than the rest. He does run around all the time, so I guess the combination of food and exercise has worked out for him.

   "He really is a handsome beast though, there's always a bit of a glint in his eye when you go near him."

   Darius is the son of previous record holder Alice and the grandson of earlier owner of the crown Amy. Ralph, owned by Pauline Grant, who hit the headlines at the start of the year is his stepbrother but is dwarfed by his half-sibling.

   Ms Edwards said: "I think it's nice that the record is being kept in the family. The frightening thing is that Darius is still growing so he could be absolutely massive by the time he reaches full size.

   "People ask me what my secret is, but there really isn't one other than just treating them well and really looking after them."

    Miss Edwards made headlines last year after her obsession with her pets prompted her to turn herself into a real-life Jessica Rabbit.

   The great grandmother spent £10,000 on plastic surgery, including breast and chin implants, a brow lift and botox injections to impersonate the 1988 Who Killed Roger Rabbit film character while she does TV shows with her pets.

   Last month she offered a £70,000 salary for a helper to carry Alice - who will now be replaced by Darius - during photo shoots because her risqué outfit, teetering heels and inflated chest mean she struggles to handle the animals when in character.

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   Monday, April 5, 2010