Australia used to have the "Easter bilby" in addition to the more common overseas Easter bunny. Sadly I think stores stopped selling chocolate Easter bilbies; I don't recall seeing any this year.
I think the Easter Billy thing may have been a fund raiser for the Save the Bilby Fund, though I’m not sure. Did some work with them in Charleville some time back, as part of a student field trip looking at design concepts for what eventually became the Bilby Experience. Great people.
From what I can remember they’ve had good success in rebuilding the bilby population.
Numbats? Dunnarts?
These names aren’t all Australian colloquialisms for “dumb”… are they??
Also… no love for the Cult of Quoka? I mean seriously, look at these guys? How is anything that cute?
I don't think I've ever heard any of these used to mean "dumb", apart from "numbat".
I was so sure some of these names were made up.
If you think about it… all names were made up at one point or another.
All words, even.
If only for a little extra oomph in your scrabble game.
Careful - some of these are Australian and will try to kill you.
The numbat looks so noble 😍
Fuzzy slinky
Wut dat noolbenger do doh?
I was shocked an Aussie to learn that my American boyfriend had never heard of bilbies...
Whats that middle one?
No Pika? My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
Australia used to have the "Easter bilby" in addition to the more common overseas Easter bunny. Sadly I think stores stopped selling chocolate Easter bilbies; I don't recall seeing any this year.
I think the Easter Billy thing may have been a fund raiser for the Save the Bilby Fund, though I’m not sure. Did some work with them in Charleville some time back, as part of a student field trip looking at design concepts for what eventually became the Bilby Experience. Great people.
From what I can remember they’ve had good success in rebuilding the bilby population.
I are a choccie Bilby this Easter so definitely still around.
as an aussie, it’s pretty safe to assume marsupial… basically everything here is a marsupial
No Phascogale? 🤔😁
Take a look at that snout!
What about bandicoots?
Tell me more about ant tech anuses.