By Kapriz, on February 21st, 2009
A nice day to all…
This is the first of our stories about animal bravery and courage, which happened in Table Bay – South Africa, many years ago.
Story Teller: Patrick
A dairy farmer’s bravery and self sacrifice to help sailors, has lived on for 200 years.
Cometh the Hour, Cometh the man (and horse)
The wrecking of the Jonge Thomas in 1773 was nothing special. She was just another that was sunk in Table Bay by north-westerly storms. However, what made the difference was one man. And a horse.
The Jonge Thomas was in Table Bay on June 1 with several other merchantmen when the [...]
By Kapriz, on February 9th, 2009
Squirrel monkey “Baker” rode a Jupiter missile (modeled above) into space in 1959
While preparing articles to post about animals and pets and their existence on earth I was wondering about animals in space. I did a bit of searching and found some interesting facts.
Animals in space originally served to test the survivability of spaceflight before manned space missions were attempted because humans were not yet ready to risk their own lives. Later, animals were flown to investigate various biological processes and the effects microgravity and space flight might have on them. Five national space programs have [...]
