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ELI5: Why are bears the go-to shape when making jelly things e.g. the gummybears?
gpt
They were originally "dancing bear candies", which the founder of the Haribo company was inspired to make after watching tamed bears at festivals.  The base ingredient that they were made from was gum arabic, hence "gummy bear".

Once they became popular, everyone else just copied the idea.