#okunoshima — Public Fediverse posts
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🐗🐇 On #Okunoshima, #Japan’s #bunny island, tourist feeding has pushed the #ecosystem past its limits.
Visitors bring roughly 27 tons of #food in peak seasons, far beyond the roughly 3.4 tons the #island can sustain, thinning #vegetation and driving #rabbits to toxic #plants. Wild #boars now hunt rabbits, but the real issue is the feeding system itself.
👉 https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/japan-rabbit-island-boars-tourists/
#ecology #wildlife #tourism #ecosystem #conservation #overpopulation #nature #science #animals
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🐇🐗 Researchers at #Fukushima University documented how unregulated tourist feeding on #Okunoshima Island allowed rabbit populations to exceed natural carrying capacity.
The overgrazing stripped local vegetation while tourist #foodwaste attracted wild #boars that began scavenging carcasses and hunting live #rabbits.
👉 https://phys.org/news/2026-07-bunny-tourism-hidden-consequences-unregulated.html
#wildlife #ecology #japan #tourism #ecotourism #conservation #ecosystem #animals #mammals #science
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https://www.wacoca.com/tour/1019768/ 2,000 Tanuki!? Visiting Japan’s Secret Raccoon Dog Island!🦝 ##OkiIslands #AnimalCrossing #AnimalIsland #ApaneseRaccoonDog #CatIsland #ChibuIsland #Chiburijima #CuteAnimals #CuteTanuki #IslandTravel #JapanAnimals #JapanTravel #JapanAnimalTravels #Okunoshima #RabbitIsland #Raccoon #RaccoonBaby #RaccoonDog #RaccoonDogBaby #RareAnimals #SoloTravel #Tanuki #TomNook #TravelVlog #WildTanuki #wildlife #yt:cc=on #島根 #島根ツアー #島根県 #島根県ツアー #島根県観光 #島根観光 #知夫村
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Okunoshima, an island in the Seto Inland Sea known for being inhabited by around 500 to 600 wild rabbits, has a dark past as the home to a poison gas plant during World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/japan/seto-inland-sea-island-poison-gas-plant-wwii/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #okunoshima #hiroshima #imperialjapanesearmy
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Over 70 rabbits have died mysteriously on a Japanese island where more than 1,000 of the animals frolic freely. One man has been arrested as a government probe continues. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/23/japan/crime-legal/rabbit-kick-man-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #animals #rabbits #environmentministry #hiroshima #okunoshima
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Ōkunoshima is an island in the Seto Inland Sea in Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. In the first half of the 20th century it was a primary location for the production of chemical weapons.
Many of the chemical weapons produced there were used in China against both combatants & civilians. Abandoned munitions have continued to explode and pose a threat to people in China today.
Most of the workers at the plant on Ōkunoshima also suffered harm.
Today Ōkunoshima is "Rabbit Island." A small island full of rabbits with no predators, it is now a vacation destination for families.
Here is a short documentary about the history of Ōkunoshima by Fritz Schumann