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Cat Volunteers for NASA Space Mission

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Cat Volunteers for NASA Space Mission

According to a NASA press release issued this week, Nala the cat has volunteered to lead a “manned” mission to an asteroid in 2015. The cat will lead a crew that also includes a hamster and a gecko to a visit an asteroid and test equipment that could one day be used to mine nickel, platinum and other precious metals abundant in space rocks.

“These metals could have a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars,” said   James Moorland, of the Minestar Corporation, a private space mining company. “But what might be even more valuable is the water locked up in these asteroids.”

Water is extremely expensive to transport to space, so having an accessible source of it can make long duration manned space exploration must more feasible.

The kitty and her crew are scheduled for a launch in November of 2015.

Via nala_cat.

BREAKING: Dog Falls Asleep Eating Hamburger

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BREAKING: Dog Falls Asleep Eating Hamburger

Sources on the ground in Cotati, CA have confirmed to The Fluffington Post that a bulldog named Tallulah has fallen asleep while eating a hamburger.

“This is truly unprecedented,” says Dr. William Casey, a senior fellow at the Canine Institute in San Diego, where he studies the dietary habits of dogs. “For a dog to fall asleep in the middle of scarfing down food – delicious human table food, no less! – is just astounding. We’ve never observed that before.”

Neither friends, family, nor local scientists have come up with a viable explanation.

“She loves hamburgers,” says Amy Tollhouse, a family friend. “She normally eats them in two bites or less. I just don’t understand what happened here.”

The Fluffington Post will continue to update this story as it develops.

Submitted by Heidi LaMoreaux.

Bunny Trains for Winter Olympics in Sochi

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Bunny Trains for Winter Olympics in Sochi

The American cross country rabbit ski team has never won a medal at the Winter Olympics. But 2014 could be different, according to analysts.

“This is the strongest bunny ski team I’ve seen in years,” said Tom Verdurro, chief alpine sports analyst at NBC. “They have speed, they have endurance and they have a real leader in Reese.”

Reese, the current world record holder in the 15km bunny event, has been training at the U.S. facility outside of Boulder, CO.  The bunny is reportedly rounding into form and is expected to be a favorite in Sochi this winter.

Via reese_the_bunny.