Only hours after being uploaded to YouTube, a video of a
supposedly earless “mutant” rabbit born near the Fukishima
Nuclear Power Plant in Japan has gone viral. The unsettling clip
shows a newborn white rabbit completely lacking its species’
characteristic floppy ears.  So, as a certain cartoon rabbit
might say, what’s up doc? The clip doesn’t offer a birth
certificate for the rabbit,  there’s no evidence of where it was
shot, and we have no idea why the rabbit has no ears–so
basically take this one with a large grain of salt and maybe a
carrot too. (Also, as the movie “X-Men: First Class”
demonstrated, mutations can be cool and sexy. Maybe the rabbit
can also turn invisible or shoot lasers from its hind legs, we
don’t know.) In any case, the unverified clip is getting
millions of hits and sparking a serious debate over the lasting
health effects of the failed nuclear reactor at Fukishima.
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