# Ralph (rabbit) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ralph_(rabbit) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ralph_(rabbit).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_(rabbit) > Source revision: 1326753873 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Former heaviest rabbit in the world}} {{use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox animal | name = Ralph | othername = | image = | caption = | species = ''[Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus](/source/Oryctolagus_cuniculus_domesticus)'' | breed = [Continental Giant rabbit](/source/Continental_Giant_rabbit) | gender = Male | weight = nearly {{convert|25|kg|lb}} | birth_date = {{circa}} 2009 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | years_active = | owner = Pauline Grant | known = world's heaviest rabbit (2010, 2013) }} '''Ralph''' (born {{circa}} 2009) was a [Continental Giant rabbit](/source/Continental_Giant_rabbit) from [Sussex](/source/Sussex), United Kingdom who weighed nearly {{convert|25|kg|lb}}. Ralph was recognised as the world's heaviest rabbit by [Guinness World Records](/source/Guinness_World_Records) in 2010. He was dethroned in 2010 by Darius, another Continental Giant, before regaining the title as a 4-year-old in 2013. Ralph was one of 32 children of Amy, who was also the world's heaviest rabbit prior to her death from a [heart attack](/source/myocardial_infarction) in May 2009.{{cite news |title=World's Largest Rabbit Has Crazy Diet |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ralph-worlds-largest-bunny-rabbit_n_3006487 |work=HuffPost |date=3 April 2013 |language=en |archive-date=21 June 2020 |access-date=18 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621184915/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ralph-worlds-largest-bunny-rabbit_n_3006487 |url-status=live }} Ralph's father Roberto was also formerly the world's heaviest rabbit.{{cite news |title=Is this the world's biggest rabbit? |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2013-04-01/ralph-is-this-the-worlds-biggest-bunny-rabbit/ |work=ITV News |date=1 April 2013 |language=en |archive-date=21 June 2020 |access-date=18 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621104908/https://www.itv.com/news/2013-04-01/ralph-is-this-the-worlds-biggest-bunny-rabbit/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=World's biggest bunny weighs in |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/8497402/Worlds-biggest-bunny-weighs-in |work=Stuff |date=1 April 2013 |language=en |archive-date=5 April 2013 |access-date=4 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405054901/http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/8497402/Worlds-biggest-bunny-weighs-in |url-status=live }} Ralph ate £50 worth of food per week. His diet included a variety of vegetables, including broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cucumber, sweetcorn, and watercress, as well as [brown bread](/source/brown_bread), [cream cracker](/source/cream_cracker)s, and [Weetabix](/source/Weetabix). Ralph's owner was Pauline Grant and he lived at Sussex Horse Rescue in [Uckfield](/source/Uckfield),{{cite news |title=Behemoth bunny Ralph's record bid |url=https://www.independent.ie/world-news/and-finally/behemoth-bunny-ralphs-record-bid-26632781.html |work=Irish Independent |agency=PA Media |date=16 February 2010 |language=en}} where his keeper was Ella McDonnell.{{cite news |title=World's Biggest Bunny? |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/worlds-biggest-bunny/ |work=CBS News |date=19 February 2010 |archive-date=20 June 2020 |access-date=18 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620211059/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/worlds-biggest-bunny/ |url-status=live }} Ralph once traveled to London to meet spiritual medium [Derek Acorah](/source/Derek_Acorah), who speculated that his great size could be due to [possession](/source/demonic_possession). Grant, who believed her house to be [haunted](/source/haunted_house), said that Acorah had a "good old chat with Ralph about the spirits in our house. He seemed to think Ralph was channelling the spirit of a ghoul."{{cite news |title=Fat Ralph is world's biggest bunny |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7236201/Fat-Ralph-is-worlds-biggest-bunny.html |work=The Telegraph |date=15 February 2010 |archive-date=19 June 2020 |access-date=18 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619223618/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7236201/Fat-Ralph-is-worlds-biggest-bunny.html |url-status=live }} Ralph was featured by [Bedtime Math](/source/Bedtime_Math) as a subject of their arithmetic problems.{{cite news |title=Big Bunny |url=http://bedtimemath.org/fun-math-world-record-rabbit/ |work=Bedtime Math |date=17 December 2014 |quote=If Ralph eats 2 carrots and twice as many crackers for breakfast, how many food items does he eat? |archive-date=19 June 2020 |access-date=18 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619225045/http://bedtimemath.org/fun-math-world-record-rabbit/ |url-status=live }} In December 2014, the US [Federal Aviation Administration](/source/Federal_Aviation_Administration) (FAA) released a "Know Before You Fly" video warning [drone](/source/uncrewed_aerial_vehicle) operators not to fly uncrewed aircraft heavier than Ralph lest they get on the agency's "naughty list".{{cite news |last1=Dooley |first1=Erin |title=How Not to Be 'Naughty' With Your Drone This Christmas |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/naughty-drone-christmas/story?id=27767661 |work=ABC News |date=December 22, 2014 |language=en |archive-date=21 June 2020 |access-date=18 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621003528/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/naughty-drone-christmas/story?id=27767661 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Know Before You Fly |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=73&v=XF5Q9JvBhxM&feature=emb_logo |publisher=Federal Aviation Administration |date=22 December 2014 |time=0:55 |quote=Don’t fly anything that weighs more than 55 pounds. What weighs 55 pounds? Ralph, the world’s largest bunny rabbit. |access-date=18 June 2020 |archive-date=31 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231160333/https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=73&v=XF5Q9JvBhxM&feature=emb_logo |url-status=live }} In April 2021, Darius was stolen from the garden of his owner's home.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/world/europe/darius-worlds-longest-rabbit-stolen.html|title = Darius, 'World's Longest Rabbit,' is Missing|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 13 April 2021|last1 = Kwai|first1 = Isabella}} ==See also== *[Largest organisms](/source/Largest_organisms) ==References== {{reflist}} Category:Individual rabbits Category:Individual animals in England Category:Sussex Category:2009 animal births --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ralph (rabbit)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_(rabbit)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_(rabbit)?action=history)). 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