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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago

True story... Smokey was a real bear who survived a forest fire as a cub before becoming cartoonified:

https://smokeybear.com/en/smokeys-history/story-of-smokey

He died in 1976 at the age of 26, which is pretty good for a bear!