Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: Mgbe mbụ a hụrụ anụ ọhịa bea a n'ebe a na-egosi ihe ụmụaka ji egwuri egwu na Leipzig n'afọ 1903, ndị mmadụ eleghị ya anya ná mmalite, ma, ha eleghị ya anya mgbe otu onye Amerịka zụrụ otu narị anụ ọhịa bea ma nye iwu ka e wetara ya puku atọ ọzọ tupu ihe ngosi ahụ agwụ. Otú a ka ụlọ ọrụ Steiff, nke Margarete Steiff guzobere na 1880, si malite inwe ọganihu dị ukwuu. Na
Na St. Louis World's Fair na 1904, Steiffs rere anụ ọhịa bea 12,000 ma nata ihe nrite ọlaedo, nke bụ nsọpụrụ kasịnụ n'ihe omume ahụ. Ụdị anụmanụ e ji egwuri egwu ha mepụtara nwetara aha ahụ bụ́ "teddy" site n'ọtụtụ akụkọ mgbe ochie banyere Theodore Roosevelt. Steiff bear, nke nwere obere ihe e ji ígwè mee nke a na-akpọ "Steiff" n'ọnụ ya, pụrụ ịba ezigbo uru ugbu a.