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Rabbits Munch Away at Denver Man’s Eco-Friendly Car

Oct. 15, 2010 10:30pm Meredith Jessup

Dexter Meyer says he recently returned to Denver International Airport after a trip and went to retrieve his car from the airport’s parking lot. After nine days, Meyer said he found that his car would barely start. A trip to the dealership revealed the problem: rodents had eaten through the car’s wiring.

According to Meyer, the dealership explained that small critters like rabbits and mice like to much on the car’s new wiring made up of a soy-based compound.

When Meyer later reported his problem to the airport, he says they told him they were “aware of the problem” and that “they were thinking about increasing patrols” of security guards to try and shoo bunnies away from the idle vehicles.

Closing thought: I wonder if the additional security officers on bunny patrol would technically be considered “green” jobs…

Here’s a better idea — go back to plastic.

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Comments (106)

traderdan
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 12:24am
how can poison damage your wiring? and for that matter make you sick? I mean do they think kids are going to be licking the wires inside the engine compartment lol

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- quarter horseman
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 9:44am
  traderdan
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 12:24am
  how can poison damage your wiring? and for that matter make you sick? I mean do they think kids are going to be licking the wires inside the engine compartment lol
  
  Only in the food deserts of our country.
  
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drattastic
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 12:11am
Kill tha wabbit ! ……Elmer Fudd

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booger71
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 12:09am
Dump about a thousand rattlesnakes out on the parking lot, I think that would solve it

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- C. Schwehr
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 10:20am
  What makes you think there aren’t rattlers out there already??? The new Denver airport is built about 15 miles east of the city, out on the open prairie!
  Hate to tell you this though…rattlers generally won’t attack a rabbit (unless it’s a damn big snake) because they’re TOO BIG TO EAT!
  
  Silly damn city boy!
  
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- booger71
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 10:50am
  I meant big snakes:), by the way, out here in the hills of KY, I have watched a few rattlers eat some rabbits
  
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red penny
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 12:01am
A hare-o-win tale indeed! ROTFLMAO

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juliaflyte
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:54pm
This is what happens when you park your soybean car at the HAREport.

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- M31Sailor
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 12:59am
  Shoot em with a Hare-Piece
  
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- anniebiz
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 2:27pm
  THE funniest! (and there were some really good ones
  Happy tears, for a change, thanks!!!
  
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C. Schwehr
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:45pm
Worse yet, it’s very common to see rabbits chewing on electrical wiring in heavy construction equipment too. We (I work with heavy equipment) had a problem with a front end loader which would start, but wouldn’t go into gear to move. Looking into the problem, we found a rabbit IN THE MACHINE that had been eating the insulation (they eat plastic too). The problem was that we couldn’t get the rabbit to leave. Finally had to use a can of starting fluid (liquid ether under pressure) and squirt the fluid at the rabbit to force it to run…. So yes, you might say that we had a visit from the ETHER BUNNY!

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- Diamond Girl
  Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:58pm
  Hilarious…what more can I say, other than when is the Recall going to start on the eco-friendly cars?
  
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Mike777
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:30pm
LOL karma ?

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spfx
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:30pm
I just want to know if the car was a Volkswagen Rabbit. Also rats and goats eat plastic don’t they? I bet they could pretty much eat this whole car!

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angelcat
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:29pm
Actually, a friend of mine here in the Houston area had rats chew through her car’s electrical wiring while it was in her garage – and she didn’t have a green car. I expect the soy-based stuff is much more appetizing.

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- C. Schwehr
  Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:47pm
  Actually, they’ve been having problems with rabbits and other rodents eating the wiring for many years….ever since the new airport opened up.
  
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Jimmers46
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:26pm
Careful with those rice burners from China and Japan

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cheezwhiz
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:17pm
I wonder if the additional security officers on bunny patrol would technically be considered “green” jobs…
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Any suggestions for uniforms of the all female bunny patrol ?

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- M31Sailor
  Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:52pm
  Used to go to the Playboy Club in NYC. Those ladies had some great tails
  
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MrObvious
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:11pm
rofl – soy wiring. What’s next: fruitcake bombers, rice paper paneling, potato skin steering wheal or maybe hemp tires?

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- M31Sailor
  Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:41pm
  Gives a whole new meaning to lighting up your tires
  
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LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:10pm
Wait a minute! I have a Jetta!!! uhoh…….NAH, I drive too much, my car is never idle more than 10 hours. Besides, I think the 2 cats wandering around the neighborhood can take care of THAT problem.

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CommonSenseConservative
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:09pm
I have an Australian Shepherd that will take care of their bunny problems. And if he is fast enough I don’t even have to feed him.

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cheezwhiz
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:09pm
When a rabbit chews a VW Rabbit,
is it considered cannibalism ?

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N37BU6
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:05pm
It’s… beautiful.

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Masamune
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:00pm
Just got my laughs for the day =)

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- pavnvet
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 9:33am
  I guess the airport is called DIA for Does Include Animals?
  
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GEW
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:50pm
those dang rabbits, they will eat anything. Shoo them away,,,,shoot them. They destory everything in their path and short lived lives. Yuk

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RoAdFiXeR
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:46pm
Izz Hates Those Waskle Wabbits…..

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- M31Sailor
  Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:39pm
  only one way to fix this
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  Eat more Wabbit
  
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- VPILF_2B_POUSILF
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 7:55am
  This is so FUNNY! Rabbits eat cars! But have you heard about this? A gulf scientist thinks that the OIL EATING BACTERIA the environmentalist released into the Gulf of Mexico are done eating the oil in the water and are heading underground to eat up our Oil Reserve!
  
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snowleopard3200
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:41pm
Eco-friendly car chewed up as dinner by the bunny rabbits.

This is so poetic.

Nothing against good vehicles, yet they should have forseen that items such as soy based materials are FOOD for critters.

Now how about this for the Progressives – let the eco extremists howl about how the new eco-cars are endangering the rabbits food sorurces with their eco-friendly wiring possibly shocking their sweet little bunny bodies.

Imagine that sight of their fit in the White House protesting the eco-damaging eco-cars!

http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (mixed art)

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- LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
  Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:07pm
  Interesting quandry, possibly even a conundrum. Certainly gives them (here’s the conundrum) ‘something to CHEW on’! Perhaps these problems will only ‘MULTIPLY’! lol
  
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RobertCA
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:41pm
New source for food , imagine leaving that car @ Yellowstone for few days :)

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- snowleopard3200
  Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:51pm
  Imagine it would be interesting – especially if the Bison started grazing on the cars. I could see the claim filed with the insurance company “Well this big bison just wandered over and snacked down on my car…”
  
  http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (mixed art)
  
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Psychosis
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:41pm
chi chi chi -chia cars lol

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LadyIzShy
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:41pm
hahahahaha.. now I thank you for this story I needed a laugh..

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- kindling
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 1:56am
  Naaaaaa……..Obama saying choosing Joe Biteme was the best decision he ever made is clearly the funniest story here.
  
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pattybbb1
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:39pm
ah, that’s precious.

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joseph Fawcett
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:38pm
How funny!! what are we going to hear next?

http://www.josephfawcettart.com western artist
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- snowleopard3200
  Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:43pm
  Wonder if any VWs were in the parking lot as well. You know, they may need the birds to come in for some eco-friendly “beetle controls.”
  
  Mind you, I love the VW, think they are neat.
  
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- LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
  Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:56pm
  AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! omg……….HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Sorry, that was just my honest first reaction! lol
  
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- N37BU6
  Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:15pm
  Funny? It’s beyond funny!
  
  “Environmentalists” making cars to “save the planet” advising people to set traps to kill animals… but not to put poison on the wiring, as it will damage the car, of course.
  
  It’s just so awesome.
  
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- Robert W
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 12:59am
  haaaaaaaaaa! Love it. Dem waskly wabbits.
  
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- An Arizonan
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 7:01am
  who was the first bunny to climb up in a car and say, “Gee this is delish!”
  
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- Big Bob
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 7:22am
  Reminds me of the time a friend and I were hitchhiking down the west coast and we started heading inland in northern California we came across a guy with his head hung low over his engine just shaking it back and forth. We asked if we could help? He looked up and said in that surfer kind of tongue “I don’t know dudes squirrels ate my car”. It had appeared he had been up camping for a week and left his parents sixty thousand dollar Mecedes convertible parked at the base of the moutain, and squirrels decided to make it home.
  
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- robroy1974
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 8:01am
  “It’s not easy being greeeeeeen.”
  
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- AmericanSince1619
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 9:08am
  Another un-leaning moment for liberals. I think Henry Ford tried to make car bodies from corn, and goats ate them…oh well.
  
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- JGP
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 10:43am
  This is great! This is the very thing obama is talking about when creating green jobs for the new economy! The airport has to “increase patrols” thus hiring extra security personel. We are saved!
  
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- PlaneRick
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 8:16pm
  Soy based polymers, or soy-based plastics, have been in commercial use since Henry Ford used them. They are not about being “green” as some ignorant people have assumed. They are used because they are economically more feasible for use. Since they are cheaper to produce and buy, they are also subject to more engineering and testing than more expensive synthetics such as those from petroleum or natural gas. They are nothing new and are not used to be “green”. One thing I have seen with in filed uses of soy-based plastics is that not all compounds using soy are attractive to animals. It is still hilarious, but Ms. Jessup , the author of this article, seems to have lost the reality of why it is funny.
  
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- CYCLONE
  Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:36am
  that is correct planerick…
  
  …Henry Ford also found out that the hemp polymer was actually as strong as steel…
  
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- Robert W
  Posted on October 17, 2010 at 5:27pm
  Ill stick with steel. Just bought a new Ruger Blackhawk and it just wouldnt be the same made out of hemp…no thanks.
  
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- flamedone1968
  Posted on October 18, 2010 at 12:53am
  CYCLONE
  I can just see that one now…. “A bunch of stoners jumped the fence and smoked my car.” LMAO
  
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