It sure looks to us like this bunny has found a great place to hide brightly colored eggs. German Lutherans created the character of the ‘Easter hare’ that is the basis for the modern-day Easter Bunny. Their version of the bunny judged whether children had been good or bad during the Eastertide season—with well-behaved kids getting a treat. But rabbits and hares have long been associated with springtime, rebirth, and fertility, so perhaps the leap from gentle backyard visitor to keeper of spring’s ‘naughty or nice’ list was inevitable for these fuzzy critters.
The Easter Bunny’s story
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World Octopus Day
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Spring comes to the Palouse
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World Book Day
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Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
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Hemakuta Hill, Hampi, India
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Red Planet Day
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