What is the deal with the Yahoo Answers hamster in the judo outfit?

is he an official mascot? i feel like reccommending him to Richard Gere.|||YES, that is the mascott, NO I don%26#039;t know who chose him but you can always email yahoo to find out AND that is a rude comment to say...I think you only asked this question to poke fun at Richard.|||yes hes the yahoo mascot and his/her name is yamster... but i don%26#039;t know why its wearing the judo outfit...