Animals in space: from Laika to jellyfish & tortoises
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The Dogs of the Soviets
All these dogs were grabbed from the streets of moscow by specially trained dog catchers. They had to be female, because it was easier to urinate that way. Dogs could do 20 days at a time sitting in a small container with very little movement. Monkeys in america, they started in 19 51. But before we come on to that, we've menton fruit flies, dogs, monkeys. What other animals have been sent into space?
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