so Australia has been pushing the Easter bilby, an endangered marsupial that kind of looks like a bunny if you squint, as an alternative. Have you got a Big Question you’d like us to answer?

Today, the Easter Bunny is usually depicted as a white rabbit ... the spring holiday is greeted with the Easter Bilby, an endangered rabbit-like marsupial native to that country.

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The Easter bilby is a uniquely Australian tradition, replacing the Easter bunny as the bearer of chocolate eggs. In Christianity, Easter commemorates the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ ...