It's Easter and that mean lots of hot cross buns and chocolate! And sometimes you'll even find chocolate shaped in the form of a rabbit. Why? Because Easter is a celebration of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, a time when plants bloom and baby animals are born. Rabbits have lots and lots of babies so they are a symbol of spring and fertility and Easter time.
Rabbits are an introduced species in Australia but they like to drink at running streams too. They've got lovely soft fur.
What do you think we should have as a symbol of Easter in Australia, given that it is Autumn time for us?
Are you having an Easter egg hunt in your backyard? If so, let us know how many eggs you collect!
I believe the symbol should be a potoroo, a bilby, a pademelon or a spinifex hopping mouse as they like the rabbit are all small hopping mammals
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