A pair of sports mascots named after the notorious gangsters Bonnie and Clyde met for the first time on Tuesday.
Sports bosses coincidentally named the figures representing two world-class athletics events in Glasgow after the notorious gangsters.
A seal pup called Bonnie was unveiled as the mascot for next year's multi-sport European Championships.
Photo: Colin Mearns
And in 2014, an anthropomorphic thistle named Clyde supported the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
The duo kissed and held hands at the city's George Square for their first meeting yesterday.
Organisers for the European Championships say that the names of the sports mascots came about as a coincidence.
The 2018 European Championships will be staged by jointly hosted by the cities of Glasgow and Berlin.
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