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A group of polar bear suit-wearing Greenpeace activists protest global warming outside the White House. On the left side is a realistic two-person suit. Bear suits are a type of costumed character or creature suit resembling a bear. The first bear suits worn by humans were used in shamanic ritual practices by native peoples.
Hidy and Howdy were the official mascots of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They were anthropomorphic twin polar bears who wore western/cowboy style outfits. Students of Bishop Carroll High School in Calgary were used as performers during Hidy and Howdy's four years as the mascots of the XVth Olympic Winter Games.
Polar Bear – mascot of the Bowdoin Polar Bears; Pork Chop – secondary mascot of the Arkansas Razorbacks; Porky the Javelina – mascot of the Texas A&M–Kingsville Javelinas; Pouncer – costumed tiger mascot of the Memphis Tigers. Pounce the Cougar – mascot of the Minnesota–Morris Cougars; Pounce the Panther – mascot of the Georgia ...
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Peppy (from peppermint) [1] is the polar bear mascot and icon of Fox's Glacier Mints, a brand of boiled mint manufactured by Fox's Confectionery in the United Kingdom.Peppy was introduced to confectionery packaging in 1922. [2]
A stage actor in a bear costume, 1909. Creature suits have been used since before movies were invented. As part of his circus sideshow in London in 1846, P. T. Barnum had an actor wearing a fur suit of an "ape-man", and continued to dress actors in similar costumes as attractions. [1]
Along with the 2008 Russian presidential election, on 2 March 2008 there was an unofficial election held in Sochi to elect the mascot for the 2014 Winter Olympics. 270,000 voters along with their ballots received a coupon with four mascot candidates: Ded Moroz, a snowflake, a polar bear and a dolphin.