Cool fact: Magique was the first non-animal mascot since Innsbruck 1976. These two happy children were the first mascots in human form. Their names refer to historical figures from the 13th ...

Live mascots are fun because animals are good and often cute. But the thing about animals is that we don't share a language with them and they lack complex reasoning skills. This adds an element ...

In most cases these animals were smuggled by Australians from home to the front as pets but became unofficial mascots for their battalions. "It was the ordinary soldier who brought them and looked ...