PHOTO OP: Snuggle Time?
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Hamster Prepares for First Space Mission to Mars
Hamster Prepares for First Space Mission to Mars
Yamster Hightower, a hamster from Brooklyn, NY, will attempt to become the first hamster to orbit Mars when his space capsule launches from Houston, TX on Thursday.
The capsule will take nine months to reach Mars. Once there, the plan is for Yamster to orbit the planet four times, taking a number of photographs and atmospheric readings, and then use Mars’ gravity to slingshot back toward earth.
Yamster is reportedly excited for the mission after two false starts earlier this year.
Via angusmci.
Super Relaxed Cat Mistaken for Throw Pillow
Super Relaxed Cat Mistaken for Throw Pillow
Pumpkin the cat was just relaxing on the couch, minding his own business when the unthinkable happened earlier today: he was mistaken for an accessory.
“He was just so completely still, he really did look like a big, snuggly orange pillow,” said a source close to the situation, who wished to remain anonymous but swears it wasn’t her who lay down on the couch and put her head on Pumpkin’s belly.
Reportedly, the cat, “freaked out” by the sudden appearance of a person on his couch, jumped up, stalked away and has been hiding under the porch ever since.
Via Heidi Hetzler.
PHOTO OP: Confident Ducky
PHOTO OP: Confident Ducky
Via M. Fitzsimmons.
SURVEY: 2 in 3 Cats Prefers Bendy Straws
SURVEY: 2 in 3 Cats Prefers Bendy Straws
According to a new study from the Pew Project for Feline Life, a full 66% of cats prefers bendy straws to straight.
“We’re not sure why cats lean so overwhelmingly toward bendier drinking straws,” said lead researcher Nicholas Levin. “It does seem, though, that cats prefer objects whose shapes lend to unexpected trajectories when batted… so that could have something to do with it.”
Via dbouquin.