19 points samizdis 1 day ago 3 comments

someperson 23 minutes ago | parent

Rabbits were a common staple food source in Australia until 1950s when the myxoma virus was released which causes the disease myxomatosis.

lmpdev 3 minutes ago | parent

Also our most successful rugby league team’s name was given as a derogatory put down: “Rabbitoh”, which was seen as a poor sales person flogging rabbit meat for money

South Sydney being a poor area, yielded the South Sydney Rabbitohs