DUBLIN — Rabbits are being sucked up into plane engines as they taxi down runways at Ireland's Dublin Airport. <br />The Irish Post reported 11 rascally rabbits have been "ingested" by engines in 2019, while 44 hares have been rescued and relocated away from the airport. <br />Apparently, bunnies and high-performance plane engines don't pair well together and pose a greater risk than bird strikes. <br />According to the Irish Post, chopped-up rabbit gunks up the propellers and engine bits a lot more than birds. <br />The rabbit pieces attract more scavenging birds to the runways which then increases the likelihood of a bird strike. <br />Airport workers have been using flare guns and netting to keep the bunnies from bouncing into harm's way. <br />According to the report, the rabbits that are caught are released back into the wild by under the supervision of the National Parks and Wildlife Services.
