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Artist turns his dead cat into a helicopter

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  • 06-06-2012 4:03am
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    "Is it a bird, is it a plane? No! It's my dead cat!"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePNdcdNm9fY


    I don't know whether to laugh at this or to feel terribly sorry for the poor little cat. Apparently it's "art".
    12:13pm UK, Monday June 04, 2012
    An artist has turned his cat into a flying helicopter after it was killed by a car.

    Dutchman Bart Jansen stuffed Orville before teaming up with a radio control helicopter expert to attach propellers to each of its four paws.

    The cat - named after pioneering aviator Orville Wright - is now a piece of artwork. The "Orvillecopter" is on show at the Kunstrai art festival in Amsterdam.

    Jansen said his creation is "half cat, half machine", and part of a visual art project to pay tribute to his pet.

    "After a period of mourning he received his propellers posthumously," he said.
    The Orvillecopter currently struggles to fly steadily, a problem Jansen has promised to fix.

    "He will receive more powerful engines and larger props for his birthday. So this hopping will soon change into steady flight."

    http://news.sky.com/home/strange-news/article/16240998

    So, AH, would you consider doing the same to one of your pets when it dies? We could have a flying poodle, a flying snake, maybe a few flying lizards...
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