What we only found in Greek mythology is that rabbits were sacred to Aphrodite, the goddess of love, beauty, and marriage — for rabbits had “the gift of Aphrodite” (fertility) in great abundance.
In Greece, the gift of a rabbit was a common love token from a man to his male or female lover. In Rome, the gift of a rabbit was intended to help a barren wife conceive. Carvings of rabbits eating grapes and figs appear on both Greek and Roman tombs, where they symbolize the transformative cycle of life, death, and rebirth.
Rabbits are intelligent, social, very clean – and definitely not starter pets like goldfish or hamsters, as some people believe them to be.
Here are some interesting things you may not know about these “hoppy” little creatures shared by Care2.com.