Bini the Bunny is a rabbit, known for a series of videos posted on the internet. Bini refers to two bunnies: Bini the Bunny Senior and his younger brother, Bini Junior. Bini Junior, who is 2 years old as of 2023, has learned various tricks from his older sibling, including how to play basketball. Both brothers are known for their unique and entertaining skills. Bini Sr. referred to by the media and fans as the only rabbit in the world who can paint, play basketball, play the guitar/piano and comb and style hair. As of 2017, Bini and his owner, Shai (Asor) Lighter are Guinness Book of World Record holders for the most slam dunks by a rabbit in one minute. Bini's most popular video with over 20 million views was created in 2016, titled "When Your Bunny is Addicted to Arcade Games". Bini's social pages have more than 1 million followers. Bini was featured in various TV shows including

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, two Netflix originals, and participated in

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Background

Bini has starred in more than 60 videos where his talents and intelligence are exemplified. He first became recognizable through his 2013 YouTube video "Funny bunny plays basketball -Bini the bunny". In 2016, Bini and his owner Shai moved from Israel to Los Angeles, California. Bini the Bunny's tricks include playing basketball, painting with acrylic paints on canvas, combing and brushing humans' hair, jumping, dancing and spinning on command. In April 2020, Bini the Bunny learned to play the guitar and shared it in his first ever guitar-playing video, in which he plays

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Media appearances

His tricks have been documented on video on various media outlets, and he has been featured in articles by ''Huffington Post'', AOL, ''USA Today'', ''Fox News'', and Sky News, among others. In 2016, Bini the Bunny was featured on LittleThings.com by Jessica Rothhaar and on German TV Network RTL Germany on the variety show ''Best Of'' . In July 2017, Bini the Bunny and Shai Lighter were featured on the UK Channel E4

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show, Season 11, Episode 9 In July 2017, Bini was on US Weekly magazine In September 2017, Bini was featured on the cover of

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: Amazing Animals Bini the Bunny and Shai Lighter appeared on

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, and Lil Rel Howery In 2018, Bini was invited to the Red Carpet Premiere for the Peter Rabbit movie as a "celebrity rabbit". On September 27, 2018, Bini the Bunny's first short-feature film was released to the world, titled ''Rabbit Home Alone'' which features Shai Lighter, and an array of actors as well as Bini. The movie is a parody of 1990 feature film ''

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''. In 2019, Bini was featured in

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's book - ''Weird But True! USA''. In June 2019, Bini the Bunny and his owner Shai Lighter were interviewed on Australia's '' The Morning Show'' on Channel 7. In June 2020, Bini was featured in a new

's book - ''Pet Records''. The book describes Bini's slam-dunks record. In April 2021, Bini was featured in the

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reality show, Pet Stars (Season 1, episodes 3 and 5). In June 2021, Bini was featured on

and showed Jimmy his basketball skill. In July 2021, Bini the Bunny was featured in the book ''Little Bunny Dreamer''. In July 2021, Bini the Bunny auditioned and passed the first round in

, he performed in front of the celebrity judges-

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(season 16, episode 8). In November 2021, Bini the Bunny competed and was featured in World Pet Games on

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- interspecies competitions. In January 2022, Bini was featured in a documentary show about intelligent animals - The Secret Life Of Our Pets - Episode 2 on

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. In February 2022, Bini and Shai Asor Lighter were featured in the

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and TV Show - (FEB 14, 2022 EDITION). In June 2022, Bini and Shai were featured and interviewed in the

documentary show, The Hidden Lives of Pets (a documentary about extraordinary pets).

''Little Bunny Dreamer''

In July 2021, Shai Lighter released his kid's book ''Little Bunny Dreamer'', based on the real Bini the Bunny and his talents.

''Hoppy Brush''

In February 2020, Shai Lighter released a mobile game based on Bini the Bunny's life. The game is called ''Hoppy Brush'', where players match colors to create paintings. In the game, Bini sells these paintings to help him rescue his mother. All profits from the game go to the real-life Bini and Shai Lighter.

Awards

In October 2016, Bini the Bunny was recognized and awarded a record by

for most slam dunks by a rabbit in 60 seconds. In 2017, the Facebook page for Bini the Bunny was recognized as "official" by Facebook. Bini has more than 200,000 Facebook fans. In 2018, YouTube awarded Bini and Shai the Silver Creator Award for reaching and passing 100,000 subscribers. In 2021. Bini became the first Rabbit to compete in

and pass the Judges Auditions level. In 2021, Bini competed on World Pet Games on

- interspecies competitions - Bini's category was Dunk-Off, he won the bronze medal and broke his own record.

Background

Media appearances

''Little Bunny Dreamer''

''Hoppy Brush''

Awards

References

Further reading