>>80426632I forget which mascot it was, but some company was designing a cute animal-like mascot for their product/company and supposedly one of the details they added was a butt hole so that people would know that it was supposed to be some type of animal. The practice stuck ever since, and now you see it in all types of art and design to show off cute animal mascots.
Once you see it, you won't be able to avoid noticing it.