Rabbits are one of those animals you think you know a lot about because you’ve read, heard and seen so much about them.
There’s Peter, Roger and Br’er Rabbit and the rabbit named Rabbit in Pooh’s Hundred Acre Woods, and there’s also the Easter Bunny and his cousins Bugs and Thumper. And there’s Reese Whitherspoon’s Legally Blonde bunny outfit, which was highly reminiscent of the outfits commonly seen in Hugh Hefner’s myriad bunny harems. Don’t forget the rabbit test, which, if it doesn’t turn out the way you hoped, means you probably didn’t put in enough rubbing time on your lucky rabbit’s foot.
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