Where Did the Easter Bunny Come From? Ask This Dead German Scientist
By Brandon Specktor, Senior Writer | March 30, 2018 06:24pm ET
Where Did the Easter Bunny Come From? Ask This Dead German Scientist
The egg-laying Easter Bunny first debuted in a German medical anthology in 1682.
Depending on the age of the observer, Easter either celebrates the miracle of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, or the miracle of a bipedal rabbit hatching and hiding a litter of chocolate eggs in the nooks and crannies of your home.
Where did the Easter Bunny come from, and how did the floppy-eared animal get his fuzzy tail wrapped up in one of Christianity's holiest days? Egg-bearing rabbits, as you can imagine, appear nowhere in the New Testament. But they do — weirdly enough — appear in scientific literature.
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