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Our unofficial mascot is the Gammy Bug, which was adopted around 1947. (That's when it first appeared in our Pledge Manual.) I can't find a picture anywhere, but here is a physical description from our newest history book:
The body of the bug bore more than a modest resemblance to the pin for new members, as it was shaped in a rounded triangular shape and decorated with a crescent. Extending from this body were two thin legs, two thin arms (or, given that this was a bug, two additional thin legs), and a round, smiling face with two antennae.
Many chapters do not use the Gammy Bug (or Gammie Bug, as my chapter calls it) and have an unofficial mascot of their own. I know two of our chapters (Witchita State and Alabama) use the penguin, and Delta Lambda uses the lamb.
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