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Exploration: Bunnies are taking over the world! Introduction In 1778 the First Fleet, a group of English citizens, arrived to establish a new settlement in Australia. They brought with them a number of rabbits, which were to be bred for food. In 1859, Thomas Austin, missing the rabbit hunting he was accustomed to in England, had 24 European rabbits shipped to him so that he could establish a rabbit population large enough that it could be used for hunting in Australia. What these settle...