The bilby

[davidc4430]

The bilby is Australia's very own Easter bunny, but how much do you actually know about it?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-04-11/bilby-easter-quiz/12130280

[not_for_sale2025]

I got 3/9 right, less than the average person. 

But I did know that chocolate, lollies and peanut butter is not the food they eat. 

[davidc4430]

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@not_for_sale2025 wrote:

I got 3/9 right, less than the average person. 

But I did know that chocolate, lollies and peanut butter is not the food they eat. 

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dont feel sad, i only got 3 too 

[eol-products]

I got 6/9 but did not realise they are opportunistic breeders 

[davidc4430]

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@eol-products wrote:

I got 6/9 but did not realise they are opportunistic breeders 

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just like hoomans

[imastawka]

I got 4 - still below average.

Lots I didn't know.

[icyfroth]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

The bilby is Australia's very own Easter bunny, but how much do you actually know about it?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-04-11/bilby-easter-quiz/12130280

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All very good, but the symbolism of the Easter Bunny is the fact that it can reproduce in phenomenal numbers agains all odds. Fertile.

Easter, being an ancient (European) celebration of fertility, this is where the rabbit comes in. It's very fertile. And the eggs, of course. Fertility is the key.

The Bilby, on the other hand, may be fertile enough in it's own environment, is no competition for the  introduced species.

Oh and.... the chocolate manufacturors, who have a vested interest in choclolate Easter bunnies and eggs (because it's a carryover from our European Ausssie forebears), will keep promoting it.

Big profits, you know.

Our new Aussie migrants won't mind, they'll keep up the tradition, but will have no idea why. They'll just think it's a celebration of chocolate.

[not_for_sale2025]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@davidc4430 wrote:

The bilby is Australia's very own Easter bunny, but how much do you actually know about it?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-04-11/bilby-easter-quiz/12130280

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All very good, but the symbolism of the Easter Bunny is the fact that it can reproduce in phenomenal numbers agains all odds. Fertile.

Easter, being an ancient (European) celebration of fertility, this is where the rabbit comes in. It's very fertile. And the eggs, of course. Fertility is the key.

The Bilby, on the other hand, may be fertile enough in it's own environment, is no competition for the  introduced species.

Oh and.... the chocolate manufacturors, who have a vested interest in choclolate Easter bunnies and eggs (because it's a carryover from our European Ausssie forebears), will keep promoting it.

Big profits, you know.

Our new Aussie migrants won't mind, they'll keep up the tradition, but will have no idea why. They'll just think it's a celebration of chocolate.

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Did you actually do the quiz? It states bilbies breed "whenever they can". They are natural studs. I would imagine the females may be more fertile than rabbits. I say get into it bilby, throughout Easter if you choose.

[not_for_sale2025]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@davidc4430 wrote:

The bilby is Australia's very own Easter bunny, but how much do you actually know about it?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-04-11/bilby-easter-quiz/12130280

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All very good, but the symbolism of the Easter Bunny is the fact that it can reproduce in phenomenal numbers agains all odds. Fertile.

Easter, being an ancient (European) celebration of fertility, this is where the rabbit comes in. It's very fertile. And the eggs, of course. Fertility is the key.

The Bilby, on the other hand, may be fertile enough in it's own environment, is no competition for the  introduced species.

Oh and.... the chocolate manufacturors, who have a vested interest in choclolate Easter bunnies and eggs (because it's a carryover from our European Ausssie forebears), will keep promoting it.

Big profits, you know.

Our new Aussie migrants won't mind, they'll keep up the tradition, but will have no idea why. They'll just think it's a celebration of chocolate.

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[not_for_sale2025]

What you also did not mention is that Easter actually began as a pagan festival celebrating spring in the Northern Hemisphere, long before the advent of Christianity. If you don't believe me then look at this: