Why r bunnies a symbol of easter?

Read this short article on the history of Easter it will answer all your questions, it's the first link.

I would also say watch the south park easter episode

trust me i know what you are asking so dont take this the wrong way iam a christen ok and iam not trying to dis the beliefs of anyone out there.as a kid i was raised to believe that easter is all about religion but it isn't easter is about reproduction and what dose bunnies do ,they reproduce like crazy dont they .that is the truth ok.anyway i was raised to believe that easter is all about the crusifiction and riseing of christ and i choose to live with that.i know this guy that went to christen school who is now a nurse that is going to school to be a doc.and he's studying greek also and hes really really really smart and it was he that informed of that.if i were ever chosen to be onthe t.v show who wants to be a millionare he would be my life line.

they are not, the cross is

"The origin of the Easter Bunny probably goes back to the festival's connection with the pagan goddess Eostre. Eostre (sometimes spelt Oestre) was a fertility goddess from whom we derive the word "oestrogen" and she is closely associated with fertility symbols such as eggs. The rabbit is known as a highly fertile creature and hence an obvious choice for Easter symbolism. In fact the use of the rabbit is probably a mistake - the Easter "bunny" is more likely to have been a hare, since it is the hare that is usually considered the sacred creature of Eostre. Pagan fertility festivals at the time of the Spring equinox were common. It was believed that at this time, when day and night were of equal length, male and female energies were also in balance. The hare is often associated with moon goddesses; the egg and the hare together represent the god and the goddess respectively. The earliest known reference to our modern Easter Bunny tradition appears to be from 16th century Germany. In the 18th century, German settlers to America brought the tradition with them. The Bunny was known by them as Oschter Haws (a corruption of the German Osterhase ) and brought gifts of chocolate, sweets and Easter Eggs to good children. Often children would make up nests for Oschter Haws, sometimes using their Easter bonnets, and the Bunny would leave his treats there."

a rabbit is a sign of spring not easter if u look up the history of the easter bunny it prob has nothing to do with the real history of easter.