Launch
It's not common knowledge that a group of San Joaquin kit foxes were the first to launch a living animal into suborbital space in 1643. The kit foxes used a bunch of woven reeds to make a slingshot attached to the tree to the right. They persuaded a carp to be the test subject. After several unsuccessful attempts, the carp kept hitting the tree, they launched the carp just above the top of the trees with enough...
Bakersfield, California 2011
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