The bilby is the Central Australian bunny. They’re pitted against each other in the classic “Easter Bilby” books, in which the bunny looks eerily like Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now.
You know one of my friends is afraid of rabbits. Seriously, if her 5 year old is playing outside and she sees a rabbit she freaks out and makes her kids get back in the house. Her husband is afraid of sharks and snakes, but she says that’s just silly.
No, Sachi, they’re not bunnies. They fill the same ecological niche as the bunny, only the bunny is better at it, and so since the introduction of the bunny to Australia, bilby numbers have dropped alarmingly. Personally, I think the bunny just has a better marketing department.
I write. I knit. I kvetch. Lately, I’ve been endeavoring to undermine the patriarchy while simultaneously making a sweater. If I succeed, I will nominate myself for the Guinness Book of World Records and then throw a party.
I can be e-mailed at ucc3llina at gmail dot com.
Comments Policy
Discussion is very welcome. Trolling, not so much. For an excellent primer on commenting, please see Lorelle on WordPress. And always remember Godwin's Law.
mom said,
September 1, 2006 @ 11:45 am
rabbit, rabbit
dp said,
September 1, 2006 @ 12:17 pm
tibbar, tibbar.
MonkeyGurrl said,
September 1, 2006 @ 12:27 pm
is the rabbit dead?
Sachi said,
September 1, 2006 @ 12:40 pm
A bilby isn’t a bunny… I almost died from cuteness over the page with a like 20 pictures.
uccellina said,
September 1, 2006 @ 12:51 pm
The bilby is the Central Australian bunny. They’re pitted against each other in the classic “Easter Bilby” books, in which the bunny looks eerily like Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now.
uccellina said,
September 1, 2006 @ 12:54 pm
Aha! Found a picture.
Laurie Ann said,
September 1, 2006 @ 1:24 pm
No John Updike reference?
sb said,
September 1, 2006 @ 8:59 pm
ooh, chocolate bilby
nora said,
September 1, 2006 @ 9:51 pm
You know one of my friends is afraid of rabbits. Seriously, if her 5 year old is playing outside and she sees a rabbit she freaks out and makes her kids get back in the house. Her husband is afraid of sharks and snakes, but she says that’s just silly.
Sachi said,
September 2, 2006 @ 7:13 am
But they’re not bunnies. (She types in a whiny voice because she’s sick and hasn’t slept for more than 24 hours.) They’re marsupials, right?
Mom said,
September 2, 2006 @ 7:50 am
and then there’s the bunyip…
uccellina said,
September 2, 2006 @ 11:30 am
No, Sachi, they’re not bunnies. They fill the same ecological niche as the bunny, only the bunny is better at it, and so since the introduction of the bunny to Australia, bilby numbers have dropped alarmingly. Personally, I think the bunny just has a better marketing department.
And yes, they’re marsupials.
A said,
September 7, 2006 @ 3:28 pm
bunnies got mucho publicity via Monte Python