Ubani owadala unodoli wokuqala?
Umlando wamabhere kaTeddy uqala ngo-1902 ohambweni lokuzingela amabhere lapho uMongameli uTheodore "Teddy" Roosevelt enqaba ukubulala ibhere. Lesi senzakalo safika ezihlokweni zamaphephandaba kulo lonke elase-U.S. Phakathi kwazo, edume kunazo zonke ngekaClifford Berryman, owenza i-cartoon yalendaba wayishicilela kuyi-Washington Post ngo-11/16/1902. UMorris Michtom wabe esedala unodoli onjengebhere ukuze amhloniphe. UMorris nomkakhe babenesitolo samashukela eBrookelyn futhi bathengisa amathoyizi enziwe ekhaya esitolo. Babiza le mbongolo yokudlala ngokuthi "i-Teddy bear", futhi ukuthengiswa kwayo kwenyuka ngokushesha kusukela ngosuku eyadalwa ngalo. Kunezinhlamvu eziningi ze-teddy bear ezidumile, ezihlanganisa i-Care Bears, i-Yogi Bear, i-Teddy Ruxpin, i-Fozzie Bear, i-Little Bear, i-Berenstein Bears, uWinnie the Pooh noBaloo!