Bear suit

Masked bearskin costumes were used by shamans in ritual dances by native peoples of the Pacific Northwest, such as the Tlingit, alongside those of other animals.

[5] A realistic two-person polar bear suit was created for the 2011 play Greenland by the Royal National Theatre, and was later purchased by Greenpeace for £4,000 via a donation campaign.

[7] In the Chessington World of Adventures amusement park, one show uses actors wearing animatronic panda suits created by Millennium FX.

[10] In the Wolong National Nature Reserve in China, keepers wear panda suits to interact with cubs and teach them to live in the wild without relying on humans.

[12] A recurring segment in Late Show with David Letterman featured a "Guy in the Bear Suit" played by Donick Cary, who attempted to perform mundane tasks like hailing a cab for comedic effect.

A group of polar bear suit-wearing Greenpeace activists protest global warming outside the White House . On the left side is a realistic two-person suit.
A ritual bear suit used by the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples, as seen in the American Museum of Natural History .