The real life Winnie the Pooh

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The fictitious Winnie the Pooh was inspired by a real bear - a Canadian black bear called Winnie who was a star attraction for visitors to London Zoo in the 1920s. Among the visitors so see her was Christopher Robin - son of the author AA Milne - who liked the bear so much that he re-named his own teddy bear Winnie. Now the skull of the real life Winnie is going on display for the first time as Sean Coughlan reports.