Are There More Than One Killer Rabbits?

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The first 'Killer Rabbit' was a fictional beast created for the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Then there came the true story of President Carter and the Killer Rabbit, when the Killer Rabbit decided to take a swim. Since then we have seen many killer rabbits.

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The Killer Rabbit of Caebannog was first introduced as a fictitious beast in the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail.  Bors,Are There More Than One Killer Rabbits? Articles one of King Arthur's manly knights of the round table, had been ordered to cut off the head of the Guardian Beast, known as the White Rabbit. Boldly wielding his sword, Bors approached the Cave, only to have his head chopped off by the Killer. All this was accompanied by the sound of a tin opener at work. The knights then mounted a frontal attack, only to be driving off by the Guardian Beast.

We find the next appearance of the Killer Rabbit in the musical, Spamalot, inspired by Monty Python's movie. This had been inspired by Shakespear's Hamelot.
Only four years after the release of the Holy Grail movie, the Killer Rabbit made the headlines once more. President Jimmy Carter, while trying to take a break from the pressures of office, was fishing in a pond in a canoe in Georgia. All of a sudden he was faced with a desperate looking rabbit, swimming directly towards his boat. "Its teeth flashing, hissing menacingly and nostrils flared, it frantically tried to find a safe haven". The President's Secret Service men were caught flatfooted.

As the President had no weapon on him at the time, he was forced to use the oar against the killer rabbit, so as to protect himself.  Fortunately for all involved, the rabbit decided to turn tail and swim for shore. A White House photographer was able to capture the incident on film. However, as with all Killer Rabbit photos, it was said they were flushed down the Presidential toilet, not to be seen again. Since that time, however, there have been reports of many Killer Rabbits.

Next there came a killer rabbit card game and a series of interactive fiction books the Grailquest. Amonster rabbit was featured in the 1980 Dungeon and Dragons. Television was not to be out done and gave us Xena, the Warrior Princess, fighting a fierce, fanged rabbit.

Cyber Space presented us with a psychopathic rabbit, in the comic Sluggy Freelance. We have had killer rabbit slippers, killer rabbit dolls and killer rabbit t-shirts.  Finally we have Dean Hunt's killer rabbit video, which ran riot on the social network, hitting the front page of DIGG.

Now rumour has it that Dean's Killer Rabbit has a mate, who has immigrated to Vanuatu, a tiny tropical island nation, the home of travel adventure destination of the South Pacific. It has been thought that Dean's Killer Rabbit may be going to a secret rendezvous with MKRVu (Ms Killer Rabbit, Vanuatu) later this year. Stay tuned as we bring you more in the 'Killer Rabbit' series.