These city mascots around the world are celebrated for their unusual stories . ( CNN ) -- Ginger town cat Hamish McHamish in Scotland has a statue and paparazzi following him everywhere . The most famous of these is probably the little guy with the big ears who lives at the top of the Eiffel Tower, but there's also one on the Sydney Opera House that was built to Berlin Zoo 's Knut the polar bear inspired `` Knutmania '' around the world .
These city mascots around the world are celebrated for their unusual stories . Ginger town cat Hamish McHamish in Scotland has a statue and paparazzi following him everywhere . The most famous of these is probably the little guy with the big ears who lives at the top of the Eiffel Tower, but there's also one on the Sydney Opera House that was built to Berlin Zoo 's Knut the polar bear inspired `` Knutmania '' around the world .