Meet Zakumi, the official World Cup Mascot
As depiicted in the above YouTube video, Zakumi is a teenage leopard who’s spent most of his early years travelling the savannahs, fields, forests and jungles of Africa. However, there’s much more to this fluffy young leopard with green dreadlocks than meets the eye.
Zakumi is a mascot on a mission. His goal is to turn the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ into a memorable party, while showing thousands of international guests the warmth South Africa and Africa have to offer.
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