Captain Fear, a Caribbean pirate captain, is the official mascot

Mascot

The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name...

 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...

 of the National Football League

National Football League

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. He has blue eyes, black hair, thick eyebrows and a full beard. He has been the mascot of the Buccaneers since June 2000.

Personal

Captain Fear is known to enjoy snacking on falcon

Atlanta Falcons

The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

s, which he says taste similar to chicken

Chicken

The chicken is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, and with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird...

. His favorite movie is Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean and his favorite song is Disney's "Yo Ho Yo Ho a Pirate's Life for Me". He also enjoys riding on his ship through New Orleans

New Orleans Saints

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 with a victory. He is also known for enjoying roast panther

Carolina Panthers

The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They are currently members of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Panthers, along with the Jacksonville Jaguars, joined the NFL as expansion...

when in the Carolina region.

External links

• http://www.buccaneers.com/bucs-fans/captain-fear.html Mascot page on team website]