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Veterok and Ugolyok are two Soviet dogs whom Plautus meets during her time with Dr. Yazdovsky in “Plautus: A Memoir.” The dogs survived 22 days in space and the return to earth, which makes them particularly interesting to Plautus, who is obsessed with going to space herself. In an interview with Plautus, the dogs talk about their emotional states while in space and the difficulty of taking life seriously after their return.
Veterok and Ugolyok Quotes in Only the Animals
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Plautus: A Memoir of My Years on Earth and Last Days in Space: Soul of Tortoise Quotes
But there is mechanical trouble while he’s up there and instead of getting sips of water or tablets, he starts getting zapped by the electric pads wired to the soles of his feet. He gets back to earth, gets out of the capsule and the NASA guys are smiling, holding his hands, but Enos is fucking mad. This used to make me laugh. But up in space, I just had to think about this, about Enos getting buzzed on his feet for doing the right thing—the right thing! what he’s been trained to do!—and I wanted to bite somebody’s face off.
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Plautus is conducting an interview with two dogs who survived 22 days in space, Veterok and Ugolyok. Ugolyok is talking about how, when she was in space, she couldn’t help but think about a photograph of the chimp Enos. The Americans sent Enos to space in late 1961 and as Ugolyok tells it, a system malfunction meant that Enos received shocks to his feet whenever he pressed the buttons to receive water or food. This anecdote makes it clear that animals are, for better and for worse, at the mercy of their human caretakers. And just because an animal is Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et
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Veterok and Ugolyok Character Timeline in Only the Animals
The timeline below shows where the character Veterok and Ugolyok appears in Only the Animals. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Plautus: A Memoir of My Years on Earth and Last Days in Space: Soul of Tortoise (Died 1968, Space)
Plautus offers a transcript of an interview she did with two dogs, Veterok and Ugolyok, who survived 22 days in space. Veterok says she planned to think about...
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...Then, Plautus asks if the beginning or the end of the trip was the hardest. Veterok says the middle was the worst. It was monotonous, and she was enraged. Ugolyok confirms...
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