Before cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, Russian scientists experimented with animals. We've blogged before about some of them, like the two doggies, but Drunk Russian Space Pig is somewhat less well known. They boozed him up "to relax him," as the story goes. Let it be known that we at BoingBoing do not condone the forced intoxication of animals in spaceflight, or cruelty to critters. But pork does pair nicely with a smooth merlot. Link 1, Link 2. Warning: may not be entirely true. My co-editor David Pescovitz says, "Many places online say that those shots are from the 2005 Russian mockumentary "First on the Moon." (Thanks, Cassaro)
