Fuleco the FIFA Foot-ball World Cup 2014 mascot, blows a kiss. Video.

Francisco De Jesùs.

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Well, I think everybody know at this time Fuleco  an Armadillo, is the official mascot of the FIFA  Foot-Ball World Cup 2014 to take place in Brazil this June 12-July 13.

How the FULECO name for the mascot was selected:

The wait is over: the Official Mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ has a name, with more than 1.7 million people voting for Fuleco™. 

The three-month public voting campaign, supported by FIFA Partner Coca-Cola, proved to be popular as the Brazilian public came out in force to cast their votes. More than 48 per cent voted for Fuleco™, ahead of Zuzeco (31 per cent) and Amijubi (21 per cent), making it the unanimous winner. 

Ever since being introduced to the public, Fuleco™ has been making his presence felt by touring the host country and getting to know the people of Brazil. The latest results from FIFA’s independent brand tracking research indicate that he is fast becoming popular in Brazil: 
• 89 per cent of Brazilians said they had seen the Official Mascot 
• Fuleco™ is seen as a likeable character – he scores an average of 7.3 out of 10 on appeal

Communicating the importance of the environment and ecology is a key objective of the next FIFA World Cup. Recent results from FIFA’s 2012 public opinion tracker in Brazil also confirm the importance of the topic of sustainability and the environment among fans in the host country. Over 90 per cent of Brazilians believe that Brazil 2014 should be environmentally friendly. 

As one of the most high-profile ambassadors of the event and a member of a vulnerable species, the Official Mascot can play a key role in driving environmental awareness. The name Fuleco™ is a fusion of the words 'futebol' and 'ecologia'. This seamlessly represents the way in which the FIFA World Cup can combine the two to encourage people to behave in an environmentally friendly way. In voting for the name Fuleco™, the Brazilian population has clearly demonstrated an affinity for both themes that the name epitomises.

Part of FIFA’s brand tracking study also investigated the key characteristics of Fuleco™ that resonate among the public. The results are encouraging as 'Brazilian', 'nature', 'friendly' and 'passion for football' come out top in terms of traits that best describe him. This clearly shows that Brazilians already recognise the significance of the armadillo as an important ambassador for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and his role in inspiring fans all over the world with his passion for the sport and his country. 

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To learn more about Fuleco™, please visit his homepage on www.fifa.com/mascot.

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FIFA approved the World Soccer Cup 2014 mascot, a ball armadillo.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.

FIFA approved the World Soccer Cup 2014 mascot, a ball armadillo.

Armadillo three bands (Tolypeutes tricinctus), also known as Tatu-Bola, which was chosen as the mascot of the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014. Photo published by the Brazilian NGO Caatinga.

The World Soccer Cup-2014 mascot will be a ball armadillo, endangered species selected by the efforts of an NGO that defends the Brazilian semiarid ecosystem and seeks to serve the Cup to protect this animal can become a ball, and his habitat.

 "The armadillo is a critically endangered species, such as the semi-arid, and we found that we had to take the World Cup to get the attention necessary to protect our precious environment," he told AFP Association responsible for the Caatinga, Rodrigo Castro.'s small NGO, which has 14 years dedicated to the conservation of the Caatinga (semi-arid areas with the greatest biodiversity of planet, which occupies much of the north and northeast of the country), he thought for months how to convince FIFA to involve environmental giant sporting event, until the idea of ​​animal: an armadillo who becomes ball. "the armadillo ball is the only species of armadillo 100% Brazilian, fully capable of being wound into a ball when threatened. 

When we proposed, no one knew how to object, "he explains. When threatened, the small 50-centimeter bug that feeds on ants and fruit is collected on itself, sealing the shell equipped with three moving parts or belts that allow you to bend and protect (these is named 'tricinctus' ), and looks really a ball. In other parts of southwestern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina there is another armadillo ball, with that capacity and in the same family. In the past decimated by hunting in search of his flesh, his biggest threats today are deforestation, urban growth and agricultural expansion. "They're running wild," said Castro. 

Registered FIFA on Tuesday in Europe to design the mascot of the football World Cup Brazil 2014: a smiling, wide-eyed athlete armadillo, which will carry the colors of the Brazilian flag: green, yellow and blue, and competing for the honors with the macaw, jaguar and 'Saci-Pererê' (a character from Brazilian folklore.) FIFA reported that the pet shall affix all products Cup in the next two years in a large program of Brazilian television audience on Sunday, after which it will open a public competition on internet to choose the name.

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