Agricoltura, Jon Mooallem: The strange story of the teddy bear and what it reveals
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In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt legendarily spared the life of a black bear — and prompted a plush toy craze for so-called "teddy bears." Writer Jon Mooallem digs into this story and asks us to consider how the tales we tell about wild animals have real consequences for a species' chance of survival — and the natural world at large.
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The first toy Teddy Bear was made by a German company named Steiff, which had originally been created by a woman disabled by polio.
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I wouldn't think twice about giving my life to end the suffering of animals. I do what I can for my little part of the world and have a home full of rescues but it just doesn't feel like enough. Maybe I don't value my life but seeing the abuse I have seen just kinda made me that way.
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Except he didn't show any mercy. The bear was stabbed to death and eaten for dinner. Paw soup on Sunday. The newspapers of the time make it clear. Roosevelt was no bear animal conservationist. They, along with mountain lions were to be killed on sight in order to preserve the real "game" of importance - the animals that humans could kill as trophies.
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Sad and frightening to know how the fate of animals or birds now depend totally on us, and how we can't help but micromanage the survival of those species that are on verge of extinction.
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Kind of a bummer that this only has 56,600 views.
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Brilliant!
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I love the presentation, but there is one error: stuffed bears and bear shaped toys existed almost forever. There are examples of stuffed bears from late Middle Ages, and stuffed toy horses were given to kids in ancient Rome.
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Instead, former king of Spain killed and elephant...
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Is it just me or do other people notice his odd looking mouth?
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This is a moment when we dont fear animals but animals fear us
I mean when you get near a bird it will fly away because it thought you would attack it. Theres an island where humans dont live and its full of birds, those birds wont fly away if you get close to them because they dont know you and they dont think we would harm them
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I think I will go hug my teddy bear.
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Mandibular prognathism, maybe he's a decendant of the Hapsburgs.
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No dumba$$! the only way our murder of the rest of nature can stop is if we stay OUT of those animals' lives and business. We have to stop killing... Just meddling more like Jon suggests is avoiding responsibility, while worsening the problem. Nature does not NEED mankind, das for sure!
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The Taft Possum .... yewwagkkk!
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Well, bears, and nature can be pretty damn fearful and cold blooded ... but then so can people.
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Isn't that "lobster" he said was eating the polar bear another shark??
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Steve Irwin one of the greats at getting myself (and others) to care about creatures they would normally despise and attempt to eradicate.
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The 1889 simthsonian I believe said 1000 bison left in the wild....
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Brilliant. We just need to give wildlife enough time and space to heal itself. Nature has been doing that non-stop and with great success for millions of years, we just need to give her a chance.
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So the Teddy Bear paved the way for "The Jungle Book" and "Winnie the Pooh"?
In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt legendarily spared the life of a black bear — and prompted a plush toy craze for so-called "teddy bears." Writer Jon Mooallem digs into this story and asks us to consider how the tales we tell about wild animals have real consequences for a species' chance of survival — and the natural world at large. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector
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I mean when you get near a bird it will fly away because it thought you would attack it. Theres an island where humans dont live and its full of birds, those birds wont fly away if you get close to them because they dont know you and they dont think we would harm them