Someone recently commented, after hearing that Rex was over 9 years old, that they didn’t know rabbits could live for so long. I knew I’d heard about Flopsy, the rabbit in Australia that is reported to have lived for over 18 years. But I decided to do some searching on other very old bunnies and found an article about the world’s oldest living rabbit, recognized by Guinness just this past month.

Plenty of hopping? Just a nibble of the finest lettuce? Clean living? Whatever he’s been doing, it’s working. George, a rabbit living with a Tewksbury family, has been declared the oldest rabbit in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records.

George, who is 14, was awarded the “The Oldest Living Rabbit” honors by Guinness after several vets confirmed his age.

The life expectancy for rabbits is 6 to 8 years, making George nearly double the average, or about 160 years old in human terms.

full article from The Boston Globe – June 12, 2008