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On the other hand, animals that were launched into space were basically just waiting to die when they got there. So terrifying journey on a rocket and then dark no gravity death. Fucked up.

I think I read somewhere that monkeys in the wild don’t eat bananas because they’re not naturally found in the same habitats that monkeys are

I hope they put something there to end it and didn't just forget about them

There was a cat who survived... and was killed afterwards so her brain could be dissected.

A tradition of waste beginning with the animal's life and continuing with bananas.

I believe the Laika, the first animal to orbit the earth, died of overheating several hours into the flight. Dozens of Soviet dogs and US monkeys died because their parachutes failed to deploy. In once instance a capsule that was supposed to be recovered malfunctioned on reentry and the Soviets opted to self destruct the capsule rather than have it land somewhere the west might recover it.