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Contents 1 General 2 Possible cultural references 3 Pregnancy test 4 See also

General

• Some of the stations, possibly the Orchid possess many other white bunnies, as implied by the fact that the number 8 is painted on the rabbit's back.
• The animals are related to the act of trying to change the Valenzetti Equation.
• The bunnies are all left-overs from the zoological DHARMA experiments.
• Rabbits are often used in laboratory experiments as they have high reproductive rates (4-10 litter size) and a short gestation period (31-32 days). This would make them particularly useful in Eugenics studies. Their advantages as laboratory animals include good access to blood vessels, size, reproductive rate, and suitability for cage housing. The #8 painted on it's back is further indication that it was an experiment's subject.
• The bunnies are a food source, or less likely, pets.
• The rabbits are albinos, and albinism is a recessive trait. The genetics of the situation, coupled with a numerical designation, may point towards cloning - either by the Initiative as part of their life-extension program, or by the Others.
• Much like Daniel's rat, Eloise, the bunnies were used to test being "unstuck" in time.
• Ben asks if the bunny they ate had a number on it suggests that eating one of the possible labratory bunnies is harmfull or will have some side effects, and that ben is aware of it.
• The rabbits, like Desmond are subjects of Time Travel experiments which would explain why in the Orchid orientation video a second rabbit number 15 appeared and why Dr. Candle was so adamant about keeping the two of them apart.

Possible cultural references

• Another reference to the book Of Mice and Men as rabbits are a motif.
• A reference to Watership Down, which Sawyer was reading early in season one.
• Connections to the March Hare from Lewis Carrol's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (i.e. "Follow the white rabbit")

Pregnancy test

• Rabbits were killed in an early and well-known pregnancy test. The urine of pregnant women contains human chorionic gonadotropin, which causes changes to a female rabbit's ovaries when it is injected. Early pregnancy tests involved injecting the urine and then killing the rabbit and inspecting its ovaries.[1]
  • Alex was dissecting a rabbit in "Greatest Hits" to see if someone, possibly Kate, was pregnant.
    • Karl asks if Alex brought rabbit for him for food
  • Because the Others/Dharma with their vast resources can't get newer means of pregnancy testing?

See also

• Animals/Theories