2007-12-17 16:54:39 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I think the question refers to the specific bear Winnie the Pooh has been named from. He was based on a certain bear from I believe Winnipeg. Heres what I found on google. http://winnipeg.ca/Services/CityLife/PlayingInWinnipeg/WinnieThePooh.stm
2007-12-17 17:06:29 · answer #1 · answered by Oleg T 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
An American black bear In August 1914, Lieutenant Harry Colebourn, a Veterinary Officer with the 34th Fort Garry Horse of Manitoba, was travelling by train from his home in Winnipeg to enroll in the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps in Valcartier, Quebec.
Travelling by Canadian Pacific Railway, he had to change trains at White River Bend in Ontario, where he noticed a man further along the station platform with an American black bear cub tied to the arm of the bench on which he was seated.
He struck up a conversation and, learning that the man was a trapper who had shot and killed the cub's mother, Colebourn offered him $20 for the young bear -- the trapper eagerly accepted the offer and the cub was taken to Quebec, where she became the mascot of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade. In December 1914,the 2nd Brigade was preparing to move to France in great secrecy. Colebourn decided it was unsafe to take her into battle; so, while passing through London on the way to France on December 9th, 1914, he visited London Zoo and asked them to care for the cub until his return, which he optimistically anticipated would be no longer than two weeks.
Of course, that war to end all wars was not to end so quickly. It was not until 1918 that Colebourn returned safely to London. Realizing that the bear, now known affectionately by her keepers and visitors as Winnie, was happy and content in her new home, he decided to leave her there.
TaDa!!!...
This should get best answer !!
2007-12-17 17:02:37 · answer #2 · answered by Christopher B 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Winnie the pooh is a pooh bear.. and a might fine bear he be. I have an adorable pooh bear.. of course it's for my nieces.. suure...
2007-12-17 17:10:56 · answer #3 · answered by Gecko Missed all his friends 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Teddy Bear
2007-12-17 16:56:40 · answer #4 · answered by don_sv_az 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a pooh Bear
2007-12-17 16:56:48 · answer #5 · answered by xoxo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's a honey bear....
He's also the imagination of the small son (Christpher Robin) of the author, I doubt preschoolers really differentiate the bears when they're in pretend play.
2007-12-17 16:58:28 · answer #6 · answered by mkt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is a Pooh bear, of course. LOL.
2007-12-17 17:00:54 · answer #7 · answered by Turtle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pooh bear
2007-12-17 17:01:52 · answer #8 · answered by benejueves 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, He was modeled to look like a Kinjaku bear.
2016-05-24 11:21:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Disney bear. Heh.
2007-12-17 16:57:13 · answer #10 · answered by katrina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋