“I was curious to see what kind of man you were. I thought there may be even a place for you with SPECTRE. Unfortunately I misjudged you; you are just a stupid policeman, whose luck has run out. You will now be fed to the bunnies of Disapproval Island.”
[See hover-text to learn about this real location in Japan. -Ed]
![okunoshima-1[2]](http://cuteoverload.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/okunoshima-12.jpg?w=560&h=373 "Ōkunoshima is a small island located in the Inland Sea of Japan between Hiroshima and Shikoku.")
![okunoshima-2[6]](http://cuteoverload.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/okunoshima-26.jpg?w=560&h=373 "During World War II the island used to be a top-secret military site manufacturing poison gas for chemical warfare.")
![okunoshima-3[6]](http://cuteoverload.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/okunoshima-36.jpg?w=560&h=376 "Today, it’s completely overrun with cute, fluffy bunnies who are the island’s main inhabitants.")
![okunoshima-4[2]](http://cuteoverload.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/okunoshima-42.jpg?w=560&h=419 "According to some sources, the rabbits were brought to Okunoshima to test the effects of the poison and released by workers when World War II ended. Others sources claim that a group of schoolchildren were on a field trip, when they released eight rabbits in 1971.")
![okunoshima-5[6]](http://cuteoverload.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/okunoshima-56.jpg?w=560&h=419 "Today the 700-square-meter island is home to more than 300 rabbits that roam freely, earning the nickname of Usagi Shima, or Rabbit Island.")
![okunoshima-6[10]](http://cuteoverload.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/okunoshima-610.jpg?w=560&h=419 "Though wild, the rabbits on the island are used to humans and will approach visitors in search of a snack, and hop on to laps.")
![okunoshima-12[2]](http://cuteoverload.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/okunoshima-122.jpg?w=560&h=330 "The original bunnies of Okunoshima and their successive generations of offspring thrived in their predator-free environment.")
Hover-text from Amusing Planet, where you can learn more about Okunoshima Rabbit Island. Post text and URL inspired by Dr. No. Sent in by Julia G., who added “None of them look disapproving.”
Rabbit Island?!? Sounds like paradise!
Well, maybe not for Anyanka
Ah, happy memories of BtVS…
It’s a Hellmouth of bunnies.
Bunnies aren’t just cute like everybody supposes
They’ve got those hopping feet and twitchy little noses
And what’s what all the carrots?
What do they need such good eyesight for anyway?
Bunnies! Bunnies! It must be bunnies!
YAY bunny poetry!!!
If you haven’t seen the musical Buffy episode, you need to. There’s more where that came from.
Best Episode EVAR!!!
I wonder if they have shrimp on the island?
Nikki, I thought the exact same thing. What a great place for a vacation!
When they tire of humans they retreat to their private oasis.
Bunny Bondi Beach where they can tan their buff bunny bikini buns off.
I’m glad a place that was used to such a dark purpose is now a happy place full of bunnies.
I hoppily second that, Gigi.
After reading the hovertext on pic #2 I KNEW that the info on pic #4 was forthcoming. They all look so happy–maybe cos no hoomins live there.
No one to disapprove of!
I want to go to there.
Doesn’t Japan boast a Neko Shima (Cat Island) too? One where kittehs outnumber hoomans and roam free and even have their own little shrine?
‘Tis most unfair that Japan should suffer such surfeit of Qte…
CO is working night and day to remedy said lack of unfairness!
ummm…some interesting pics on that video
yeh sorry ’bout that ….I searched through LITERALLY six other vid’s of the song before I located one that wasn’t banned by the LP/ management company. Seriously.
So I posted it for the music of the
SONG not the babes that somebody inflicted on/ in the visuals…
On the other hand, I lived on Okinawa as a kid. they had giant snails people. Giant snails. For food people.
I’m sorr but you should never be able to filet,bone, or find the tenderloin in escargot.
The real Easter Island.
(bun intended)
Win!!!
Apparently they’ve been multiplying like… well, rabbits.
Tularemia Island?
Oh I beg to differ, Ms. Julie G. That bun in the back of the pack in the picture with the carrot looks none too pleased about his situation.
I wonder how they keep it from being 3 million bunnies instead of “only” 300 ..
perhaps some of them are actually transsexual and so non-progeny-oriented???
I’m not sure it’s true that there aren’t any natural predators, unless there aren’t any predatory birds on the island or that go near the island.
Hmm . to the mod lounge I go. Is there any coffee cake??
Oh my, oh my! This post reminds me of a song my dad used to sing for me (and yes, he’d try it in this voice!) and playing it for me, when he stumbled across it on cassette:
my dad LUVVED spike jones stuff!!!
LUUK, BOSSS!!!!!
(with lots of affection for Monsieur Villechaize,)
RIP y.o.o.L. 1993.
Bags packed and booking flight(s) as I type!
I guess sitting down & getting covered in (carrot scented) disapproval isn’t always a bad thing.
I disapprove of the fact that it’s not really called Disapproval Island.
I wish I lived on a predator free island!
So the island is like a miniature Australia?
300 rabbits?
Humans…. THIS IS SPARTA!!!
For bunnies.
(Nuzzle instead of kick into well)