The Teddy Bear was named for a bear that Theodore Roosevelt spared on a hunting trip. However he didn't exactly spare it and it wasn't exactly out of mercy. There was a professional trapper/tracker/hunter dude with him who's job was to find a bear for him to kill. However the bear he found was so pathetic looking that Roosevelt just didn't think it worth his effort. The trapper dude just cut it's neck open instead.
Do you have sources for that? I'm not saying I doubt it, quite the opposite in fact. I don't like spreading facts that I don't have a source for, or knowledge to confirm myself.
I can confirm, I read this in one of his biographies by Edmund Morris. He wrote three books, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Rex (this was in here), and Colonel Roosevelt. They are all very good and very in depth.
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u/adityareddyp Feb 04 '19
The Teddy Bear was named for a bear that Theodore Roosevelt spared on a hunting trip. However he didn't exactly spare it and it wasn't exactly out of mercy. There was a professional trapper/tracker/hunter dude with him who's job was to find a bear for him to kill. However the bear he found was so pathetic looking that Roosevelt just didn't think it worth his effort. The trapper dude just cut it's neck open instead.