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The Easter BunnyIn ancient Saxon tradition, the rabbit was associated with Eostre, the Goddess of dawn, spring, and new beginnings. Once a year, at the beginning of spring, Eostre empowered the rabbit to lay Easter eggs, as a symbol of new life. With the introduction of Christianity, Easter eggs came to symbolize the resurrection, but they were still laid by a rabbit. Today, the Easter Bunny, usually large and white, continues to bring Easter eggs and candy to children around the world on Easter Sunday.
Chocolate Easter Bunnies are also popular at Easter. But in Australia, where rabbits are an introduced pest, chocolate Bilbies are the latest Easter novelty. The Bilby is a cute little marsupial native to Australia, with long ears, rather like rabbit ears (it is also called the rabbit-eared bandicoot). It is an endangered species, and the Chocolate Bilbies are helping to fund conservation attempts to protect the Bilby from extinction.
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