世界最大的兔子 每天吃12根胡蘿蔔

Looking for the Easter bunny? Here’s one that’s easy to spot.
還在找復活節兔子嗎？不用費神啦，這隻就行！

Darius weighs three-and-a-half stone and measures 4ft 4in, making him the world’s biggest rabbit, according to Guinness World Records.
據吉尼斯世界紀錄，這隻名叫大流士的兔子重3.5英石（約22公斤），長4英尺4英寸（約1.32米）。

His owner, Annette Edwards, 62, from Worcester, is considering putting him on a diet after revealing that he eats 12 carrots a day – more than 4,000 a year.
這隻兔子的主人安妮特·愛德華茲今年62歲了，生活在伍斯特市。大流士每天要吃12根胡蘿蔔，一年要吃掉4000多根，主人正考慮幫助兔子節食呢。

He also gets through piles of cabbage, apples and two large bowls of rabbit mix - at an annual cost of £2,400.
除了胡蘿蔔，主人還會喂他白菜葉、蘋果加上兩大碗兔糧，每年花費2400英鎊（約2.5萬元人民幣）。

Ms Edwards is well used to looking after bunnies with big appetites as Darius’s mother Alice held the record title before him.
愛德華茲夫人已經習慣了餵養大食量的巨兔，因爲大流士的媽媽愛麗絲是曾經的最大兔子紀錄保持者。

And Ms Edwards couldn’t believe the speed Darius grew at when he was born – and she never thought after just five years he would hold the crown for biggest rabbit in the world.
大流士出生的時候，愛德華茲夫人簡直不能相信這隻兔子竟然長得那麼快！她也從沒想到過，僅僅五年之後大流士就摘得了世界最大兔子的桂冠。

'Darius is from a family of giant rabbits but he is the biggest bunny in history. It’s amazing just how big he is.
“大流士來自巨兔家族，但是它是有史以來最大的一隻。你看它那麼大，簡直難以置信！”

‘If Darius had his way he would never stop eating,’ she said. ‘He is very greedy. I have to really watch him.
“如果由着大流士吃，它永遠也不會停住嘴的。”

Continental giant rabbits usually live to four or five years, but can last up to seven if well cared for.
大陸巨兔通常能活到4、5歲左右，但是如果餵養得好，活到7歲也是有可能的。

They are considered docile, friendly and intelligent, and are relaxed around humans if socialised when young. They were originally bred for their meat and fur.
這些兔子溫順、友好、聰明，如果和人類的小朋友在一起會很輕鬆自在。起初人類養殖這種兔子是爲了獲得它的肉和皮毛。