Australians may be among the largest consumers of Easter eggs in the world, with Cadbury Australia alone producing more than 270 million Easter eggs each year, which equates to about 12 eggs a person, but the Easter bunny is falling out of favour.
But in recent years the Bilby has been put forward as a replacement for the Easter bunny.
The Bilby is a native Australian animal that has become endangered. It is a small rodent with a long nose and tail, however it shares one feature with the rabbit, and that is her ears.
The Easter Bilby is becoming more common on Australian supermarket shelves alongside the traditional rabbit and most manufacturers donate some of the proceeds from Bilby sales to saving the Bilby Continue reading