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How the teddy bear taught us compassion

Jon Mooallem · TED

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About

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 toy 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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Institution
TED
Department
TED2014
Speaker
Jon Mooallem
Year
2014
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Earth and environment
Source
TED
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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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