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You can even get their image taken with the rabbit in some places, if you want a keepsake photo for the holiday. A single theory, according to Time, is that the symbol of the rabbit stems from the ancient pagan tradition on which quite a few of our Easter traditions are primarily based — the festival of Eostre, which honored the goddess of fertility and spring. The goddess’s animal symbol was a rabbit, which have long traditionally stood for fertility due to their higher reproduction prices. To absolutely dispel Gaylor would also be poor storytelling. The “Cute Anon” conspiracy theorists...