Today’s all-you-can-eat day, ’til 4pm. Just don’t forget to get a new plate if you go back through the line.



“Although I’m biased I believe these photos will put a smile on everybody’s face. Or at least on the faces of rabbit owners who also have the experience that these animals have huge appetites and will never say no to a fresh picked salad. This is Sasha, one of my rabbits.” -Willemijn, Netherlands.












![Ōkunoshima is a small island located in the Inland Sea of Japan between Hiroshima and Shikoku. okunoshima-1[2]](http://cuteoverload.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/okunoshima-12.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-2[6]](http://cuteoverload.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/okunoshima-26.jpg?w=560&h=373)
![Today, it’s completely overrun with cute, fluffy bunnies who are the island’s main inhabitants. okunoshima-3[6]](http://cuteoverload.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/okunoshima-36.jpg?w=560&h=376)
![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-4[2]](http://cuteoverload.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/okunoshima-42.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-5[6]](http://cuteoverload.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/okunoshima-56.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-6[10]](http://cuteoverload.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/okunoshima-610.jpg?w=560&h=419)
![The original bunnies of Okunoshima and their successive generations of offspring thrived in their predator-free environment. okunoshima-12[2]](http://cuteoverload.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/okunoshima-122.jpg?w=560&h=330)



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