#bunny to bilby

[notnights]

Pin the tail on the Jax.

(Belated Easter Bilby fun.)

[ticholasnesla]

[calcitron]

i bet no one's heard about cain toads either.

me when i cant comprehend that different continents have different animals

[margolestz]

Easter Animal Traditions and Egg Deliveries Around the World

Bunnies, Bilbies, Bells, and Beyond The Easter Bunny is probably the most well-known Easter eggs deliverer. Source For many of us, Easter eggs (both the decorated hen eggs and the chocolate ones) are linked to the bunnies who bring them. But have you ever wondered what rabbits have to do with eggs? And do they lay them or just deliver them? Does the Easter Bunny Lay Eggs? Well, according to…

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

This Easter, the Easter Bunny is bowing out for the Easter Bilby! Better known as the greater bilby, this marsupial is found in Australia's central desert. However, unlike other marsupials, the greater bilby's pouch is upside down-- it opens at the bottom instead of the top! Scientists believe that this is to prevent dirt from entering the pouch as females dig for food.

(Image: A greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis) by Brad Leue)

[sapphlopods]

[Beastieball] HAPPY EASTER!!!

In Australia we have the Easter Bilby opposed to the Easter Bunny so I thought the Bildit line (even though I'm a kichik stan forever) was perfect to draw :).

[candidenigma]

Australian here. If you go to our supermarkets now you will find them stocked with Easter Bunnies, and maybe a few Easter Bilbies. Neither of my closest two have any. The same is true for other merchandise. It's very easy to find Easter Bunny mugs, stuffed toys, etc. but you would probably have to go to a gift shop or a zoo shop or maybe an Australia Post shop to find bilby stuff. Or buy it online.

Australia does have a serious problem with feral rabbits and the bilby population is threatened by them. Bilby chocolates and other merchandise are usually made by conservation charities, or local small businesses.

If you would like to help save the bilbies, you can buy from or make a donation to these charities (though I'm not sure what their international shipping is like):

[thatswhywelovegermany]

The Easter Bunny / Easter Hare

In German Easter tradition, the Easter Bunny is an imaginary rabbit or hare who paints eggs at Easter and hides them in the garden. Children search for Easter eggs on the morning of Easter Sunday. The motif of the Easter Bunny has recently spread in the popular culture of Easter, also through its commercial use, and has largely replaced earlier bringers of the Easter egg.

As far as is known, the Easter Bunny was first mentioned in the dissertation of the Frankfurt doctor Johannes Richier, who received his doctorate in 1682 under the respected Heidelberg professor of medicine Georg Franck von Franckenau with his treatise "De ovis paschalibus - von Oster-Eyern". The son of the pastor Jean Richier, who had fled France for religious reasons, describes a custom in Upper Germany, the Palatinate, Alsace and neighbouring regions, as well as Westphalia, according to which an Easter Bunny lays the eggs (ova excludere) and hides them in gardens in the grass, bushes, etc., where they are eagerly searched for by children amid laughter and to the amusement of the adults (cum risu et iucunditate seniorum). He calls the Easter Bunny hiding the eggs “a fable that is told to simpletons and children” (fabula, que simplicioribus et infantibus imponunt).

According to cultural studies, the reason for the strong upswing that belief in the Easter Bunny experienced in the 19th century can be found in the industrial production of cheap beet sugar, which made the production of affordable chocolate bunnies and eggs possible in the first place.

The connection between the Christian Easter festival and the egg as a symbol has been known in various European countries since the Middle Ages at the latest, and may even date back to earlier. There is also an older interpretation of the rabbit as a symbol of resurrection since Ambrose. The diverse Christian symbolism of the rabbit found expression in many works of art in the Middle Ages, see Rabbit in art. The connection between the rabbit and the Easter egg tradition is still unclear, however, even if the fertility of rabbits in itself has a close connection to spring. The following hypotheses are often put forward:

Some early painted Easter eggs show the three-hare image, a depiction of three hares with only three ears in total, but each hare having two ears due to the "double use" of ears; this is a well-known symbol for the Holy Trinity. It is possible that this depiction may have given rise to the idea of ​​the hare as an egg supplier.

In one passage in the Bible, Psalm 104:18, older translations speak of "hares". The reason for this was the Latin translation of Proverbs 30:26, in which Jerome translated the Hebrew "schafan" (rock hyrax) as "lepusculus" (hare). Since late antiquity, this passage has been interpreted as a symbol for the weak human (hare) who seeks refuge in the rock (Christ). This interpretation established the symbolism of the hare in Christian iconography.

It is widely considered harmless to tell young children that the Easter Bunny brings eggs and sweets for Easter. Psychologists believe that this illusion stimulates the imagination and supports cognitive development. However, children's critical questions and doubts should be supported so that their belief in the Bunny eventually disappears by itself, also through interaction with other children.

The Easter Bunny was spread outside of Europe by German-speaking emigrants. It has gained a certain popularity in the USA in particular. In English, the term "Easter Bunny" predominates over the literal translation "Easter Hare", so the figure is often understood to be a rabbit.

In Australia, the "Easter Bilby" has been placed alongside the "Easter Bunny" since the 1970s. The aim is to draw attention to the endangered species of the greater burrowing bandicoot ("Bilby"), not least due to the spread of European rabbits, and to raise money for a conservation fund by selling chocolate bilbies.

[polyquestria]

Here in Australia, alongside the Easter Bunny and the Easter Chick, we have the Easter Bilby. It's a fun little twist on the classics, while raising awareness for an endangered species. So here's our favourite little half Australian girl (and her REAL parents) here to wish us a happy bunny bilby day!

[soup-mother]

since rabbits are like a plagues of egypt level environmental disaster in Australia, We have the Easter bilby as a native animal alternative to the easter bunny. i think we can go beyond that and have an Australian animal mascot for every Christian holiday.

the Circumcision of Jesus numbat

[summerpearlpen]

The bilby is an important ecosystem engineer. It's an excellent digger and many species reap the rewards of its hard work.

Keep digging, little buddy!

I love mammals because like 20% of them look made up

[notnights]

When Jax entered the circus and the first thing he did was pull off his tail.

What if Jax was a bilby? Would his name be Bix instead?

[sourcreammachine]

“australia replaced the easter bunny with the easter bilby to protect biosecurity” that’s so cool anyway why is the festival of new life in autumn

[sararaasch]

I was wondering if you've heard of the Easter Bilby? It's a movement by the indigenous peoples of Australia focused on raising awareness for local flora and fauna because rabbits are very invasive in Australia. Thought it would be fun for Iris and co.!

oh i hadn’t heard of this! but omg iris would be ALL OVER stuff like this -- she’s big into the wide variety of easter interpretations, so she’d be big into things like this. also, had no idea bunnies were invasive to australia! fun lil brain nugget for the day

[strulobitch]

oh, would Oscar be a bilby and not a bunny? Or a quokka! (Rabbits are a Big Problem here in Australia)

Oooh, I didn't know that!

That's interesting

I mainly based my idea of bunny omega Oscar on his cute teeth

But those are good options as well, very cute🙂‍↕️

[sboochi]

I know the night at the museum au was just self-indulgent HOWEVER! if it’s cool I have some ideas cause I’m very. ill <3

—for Toothless, I saw you suggest him possibly being a dinosaur, and I immediately thought of Daspletosaurus! Name translates to ‘frightful lizard’ (offspring of lightning and death, anyone) and some have been found in Canada, which, fun fact, when Vikings came to North America, they first landed on Canada and called it Vinland (‘wineland’) bc they could make a lot of wine there

—I was thinking about what specific Something Jack could be in the exhibit, and I saw you mention he was in roughly the 1700s exhibit, right? To me he looks best like he’d be in one of those “what life looked like for an average civilian in the colonial era” type of wax figures, especially with his staff looking like it’d fit with shepherds. I imagine his personality makes him extra unpopular in his section considering this means he may also be quite close to the Revolutionary War area. He ruins their nightly battles im SURE of it

—Bear w me here: the Guardians but their sections are from their myths place of origin, or someplace near it. North is based in Turkey or Russia, Tooth in the Norse area (eyo possibly near Hiccup), Sandy in Germany (or Scandinavia? Unclear), and Bunny in Australia. That’s not actually where the Easter bunny originated, however it IS the home of the Easter bilby, and I can’t deny the guy his accent

TLDR I am very sick legitimately and also for the NATM movies and history, that is all

YOOO these are all great ideas anon!!!

*puts hand on forehead and closes eyes* Oh, if only someone wrote this *peeks with one eye open*

(The dinosaur anon is talking about, according to Wikipedia!)