Sending a cat through a series of tubes sound like a modern internet thing, but this story is from 1897. The New York City Post Office started sending mail across town through a system of pneumatic tubes, which would last until 1953. When the service was instituted, a public ceremony was held, after which postal inspectors and other employees were given a demonstration of the pneumatic system. They saw an artificial orange, a suit of clothing, and a black cat sent through the system. The cat was not happy about it, but it survived. And that was the first of a series of animals eventually sent by mail in this manner. Read the whole story at the Atlantic. Link
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At least it's got a fun little beat to it. ;)
cos that tune will get stuck in your head
check out the user's other videos as well... equally cute and hilarious!
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Maybe I'm just tired of the endless spew of cute animal videos accompanied by crappy songs. Maybe we need some real animal situations.
There's a bulldog squatting on my lawn.
It's a sack, full of kitty cats. And they meow, meow, meow, and they splash, splash, splash.