Due to the closeness to Easter (this is from the spring semester), I thought we
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Due to the closeness to Easter (this is from the spring semester), I thought we could have a little fun with explaining how the "Easter Bunny" is able to travel to all the homes on his list in one night to leave candy, eggs, and other surprises. If your explanation includes relativistic speeds, make sure you include the three observable changes that relativistic speeds will allow the observer of that motion to see. You may choose to respond to another persons hypothesis rather than writing your own to point out a possible contradictions in theirs.Explanation / Answer
The Easter Bunny goes around the entire world in one night, delivering eggs and gifts to all the houses around the world. Since he somehow completes this impossible feat, the Easter Bunny seems to travel at relativistic speeds. While at these speeds, the Easter Bunny couldn't see things as we do. One of the differences in perception are that he doesn't see objects moving towards him, but away. If the house he is moving to is within a mile, he would accelerate and see the house move away from him. He would also notice the backs of the objects before he actually reaches them. Another difference is that the Bunny could see the change of object color around him. Objects closer to him would become dull and with blurry color. His destination, or focal point, would become a very small, lit circle.