Most famous for being the creators of the beloved teddy bear, German toy company Steiff are still going strong over 100 years later and with it's expansion into the animal kingdom, we couldn't help ...

The first ever stuffed animal was created around 1880 by a German seamstress named Margarete Steiff. Except, it wasn’t a stuffed animal she made, but a small pincushion in the shape of an elephant.