Our series “Famous animals”
The dog Laïka, the first animal sent into space
Paul the octopus, the oracle of the 2010 World Cup (
published on August 9
)
The Cinnamon Bear and Jacques Chirac
(published August 10)
Cher Ami, the heroic pigeon
(to be published on August 11)
Tilikum, the killer whale
(to be published August 12)
Metro Goldwyn Mayer's lion (
posted August 13
)
Grumpy Cat: The Cat Who Was Worth $100 Million (
posted August 14
)
Ears with drooping tips, a white and black coat verging on yellow, a soft, confident gaze.
His face has delighted stamp collectors around the world.
Passed to the rank of icon, Laïka will forever remain the little dog who was the first to circumnavigate the Earth.
A trip that turned for the first living being sent into the cosmos into a nightmare.
When, on October 31, 1957, Soviet scientists installed it on board Sputnik 2, they knew that the animal would not survive...
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