This post supposed to be a cogent analysis of the hunger problems facing North Korea, and how most famines are man-made. A Nobel prize in Economics have been awarded on this topic, to Indian economist Amartya Sen.

But instead it has degenerated into trying to find pictures of giant bunnies on the big bad web.

It all started when I saw this photograph of a monster rabbit.

Huge rabbit

Some old guy in Germany had sent a bunch of ‘Giant Gray’ rabbits over to North Korea. The North Koreans apparently thought a rabbit breeding program would provide a cheap, abundant source of protein.
The North Koreans are desperate enough to try anything, I think. But my curiosity is what the greater Internet thought about this. So I turned up a myspace page about a giant rabbit, and a website that debunks hoaxes. I also found a really funny video of some roosters putting the smackdown on a pair of brawling bunnies.

I think a better solution for the North Koreans would be to try to grow lentils since they are high in protein. Rabbit meat has 21% protein by weight, while chana dal, a lentil whose Latin name is Cicer arietinum is high in protein, is 22% protein, higher than rabbit.

I am quite distressed by now, so I think the best solution for a protein and food starved nation is to throw itself at the mercies of the USDA. This US agency will be glad to provide tons upon tons of Government cheese, enough for the North Koreans to turn themselves obese, like their South Korean brothers.