According to LiveScience, a skeleton reported to belong to an extinct species of giant rabbit was discovered in Minorca, a tiny island off the coast of Spain. Was this a relative of the Easter Bunny? My complete lack of background in science suggests it is.
If alive today, LiveScience reports this gigantic rabbit would be six times larger than today's rabbit served with a hollandaise sauce at the finest French restaurants. Scientists hypothesize it grew so large from a complete lack of predators on the island. This evolution also led to smaller ears, bad eyesight, and an inability to hop. That explains why the Easter Bunny walks upright and sometimes wears glasses.
How do scientists know from a collection of bones that the Easter Bunny's ancestors had bad eyesight and hearing? I don't know. Just as I don't know how the Easter Bunny makes Cadbury Eggs. It's all a mystery.
I know. You're wondering what this has to do with books, writing, education, learning--that sort of thing. Well, I like to think science is a field of study that book lovers enter if they know math. That and Peter Rabbit and Peter Cottontail were books about anthropomorphic rabbits. It's quite possible Peter Rabbit and Peter Cottontail summered in Minorca. I'm just putting it out there.
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