Bini the Bunny is a rabbit, known for a series of videos posted on the internet. Bini is a 8-year-old male Holland Lop rabbit, referred to by the media and fans as the only rabbit in the world who can paint, play basketball, and comb and style hair. As of 2017, Bini and his owner, Shai 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 YouTube channel has more than 195,000 subscribers and his Facebook page has over 450,000 fans.
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 Señorita by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello.
Media appearances
Bini the Bunny and Shai Lighter appeared on The Gong Show on ABC on July 26, 2018. The Gong Show starring Mike Myers, and featured celebrity judges: Will Arnett, Alyson Hannigan, and Lil Rel Howery Bini was featured on the cover of Guinness World Records: Amazing Animals released in September 2017 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 showBest Of. In July 2017, Bini the Bunny and Shai Lighter were featured on the UK Channel E4 Rude Tube show, Season 11, Episode 9 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 Bin i. The movie is a parody of 1990 feature film Home Alone. In 2019, Bini was featured in National Geographic's book - Weird But True! USA. The book describes 300 facts about the United States, and Bini's fact is about a rabbit in LA that can slam dunk. In June of 2019, Bini the Bunny and his owner Shai Lighter were interviewed on Australia's The Morning Show on Channel 7. In June of 2020, Bini was featured in a new National Geographic's book - Pet Records. The book describes Bini's slam-dunks record.
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 Guinness World Records 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.
