Why the Easter Bunny is a rabbit in most cases?

It is the symbolic animal for Easter, he adorns advertisements, available in dark and milk chocolate in the candy shelf or mold is baked in the bakery: the Easter Bunny. And every year you wonder that the Easter Bunny is a rabbit in advertising and the disturbing rabbit.


What distinguishes hare and rabbit?

Because if you know the difference. In biological terms is quite evident. Hares are large and stocky, have long powerful hind legs and weigh up to six kilograms. The body of a rabbit, however, is small and stocky. Rabbits have little short ears and bring up to two kilos. Unlike rabbits, hares are naked and blind in the world.
Why did the bunny is better at hiding eggs?


Despite the obvious differences, the rabbit is frequently referred to as the Easter bunny. Rabbit breeder Astrid mint from Krefeld tries to explain this phenomenon found: "The animal is therefore called the Easter Bunny, only because of his wide-set eyes can see the eggs well. Due to its size, it can carry the eggs better than a rabbit, "says Minz.

Why is it seen in advertising usually a rabbit?

A rabbit would not look at the billboards but is far as cute as a rabbit. "A rabbit is not easy to photograph," says Minz. "He is a prey animal that has to get hard."
The employees of the Rhineland Regional Council - Institute for Regional Studies and Regional History - push the phenomenon that the Easter Bunny is usually a rabbit, the appearance of this animal: "Rabbits are cute in our perception with the round head and big eyes," says Dagmar Hänel from the Institute.


How do you fit bunny and eggs?

But why the hare or rabbit eggs to give the Easter brings, even though he never puts it, is another matter. A small survey of some poultry farmers and Hofladenbetreibern in Krefeld brings no answer. But even here, knows Hanel advice: "The story is developed from the 18th Century: in Protestant families in urban areas, the Easter becoming a family event.

In the education of the bourgeois family is - again significantly increased in the 19 Century -. The Easter Bunny, the popular gifts of charm "That would be incredibly popular with children picture books, postcards, and the booming of Easter confectionery industry.

The success of the Easter Bunny has to do with the secularization of Easter, white Hanel: ". The cute bunny who hides the eggs can be described as narrative and picture-book form looking or-fine in the new family traditions eggs hiding and Easter gifts install" First was the Easter Bunny an urban phenomenon. It took until the 1920s to become popular in the rural area.

As the hare became a symbol of Easter?

Kornelia Gurr, who is responsible for the children and young people in the Church of Peace, calls a very practical explanation of how the Easter Bunny has come to its function ". People were once very close to nature and realized early on are hares and reproductive joyously" This was then fitted to the symbolism of life and rebirth at Easter. And she adds, laughing: "I do not think people were so naive to believe that the rabbit lays eggs."

Why the Easter eggs are painted in bright colors?

And why the eggs are painted, the need to distribute the Easter rabbit? "The egg is primarily a symbol of Christ's resurrection and eternal life," said Hanel. In this sense it was already used in early Christianity, for example, among the Christian Armenians in the sixth century, gave away the red eggs, which represented the red, the color of the blood of Christ.

Another explanation for the painting is rooted in nature. The color of wild birds' eggs or incurred by Färbekräuter pattern could have been used by man as a model for the painting. Whatever the explanation, the practice can - he prepares joy either way. Since it is no matter whether you look at it a chocolate bunny rabbit or a chocolate can melt in your mouth.