{"id":12329,"date":"2012-06-04T11:02:04","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T16:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/?p=12329"},"modified":"2012-06-04T11:02:04","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T16:02:04","slug":"should-you-convert-your-dead-cat-into-a-helicopter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/04\/should-you-convert-your-dead-cat-into-a-helicopter\/","title":{"rendered":"Should you convert your dead cat into a helicopter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Orville the cat was named after Orville Wright, and when he died, Bart Jansen, the cant&#8217;s &#8220;owner&#8221; taxidermied him and, in collaboration with Radio Controlled Flying Objects expert Arjen Beltman, they converted Orville the cat into a working helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2154283\/Cats-away-Artist-turns-dead-pet-flying-helicopter-killed-car.html?ITO=1490\">daily mail<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Jansen said the Orvillecopter is &#8216;half cat, half machine&#8217;, and part of a visual art project to pay tribute to his cat Orville.<\/p>\n<p>Jansen, part of the art cooperative Generaal Pardon, said: &#8216;After a period of mourning he received his propellers posthumously.&#8217;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Click through to see more photos, and here&#8217;s the video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6c4nZJ4ryFE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Are these people true cat lovers, or are they monsters?  Modern technology does certainly bring up novel ethical concerns for cats &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orville the cat was named after Orville Wright, and when he died, Bart Jansen, the cant&#8217;s &#8220;owner&#8221; taxidermied him and, in collaboration with Radio Controlled Flying Objects expert Arjen Beltman, they converted Orville the cat into a working helicopter. From the daily mail: Jansen said the Orvillecopter is &#8216;half cat, half machine&#8217;, and part of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/04\/should-you-convert-your-dead-cat-into-a-helicopter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Should you convert your dead cat into a helicopter?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[174,994,4016,1153],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-3cR","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12329"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}