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And no one was suspicious when the journal published the article "who's a good boy?" Animal employment is surprisingly common. IIRC there's a cat in Japan that
by IIAOPSW 9y ago
And no one was suspicious when the journal published the article "who's a good boy?"
Animal employment is surprisingly common. IIRC there's a cat in Japan that is a railway station master, another cat serves as a town mayor in America, a monkey was once signal operator for a railroad in India and a physics professor once put his dog on a paper because the editor complained about using the royal we despite there only being one author.
I'll look up sources when I'm not on my phone.
- dejv 9y agoDon't forget Air Chief Marshal Fufu (1997 - 2015), pet poodle of current king of Thailand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fufu_(dog) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fufu_(dog)
- StavrosK 9y agoThat last one is this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.D.C._Willard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.D.C._Willard
- IIAOPSW 9y agoSo it is not impossible for a cat to submit a paper to a scientific journal where the editor might be a dog. What a time to be alive.
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- Stratoscope 9y agoThe original railway station master was Tama, who ran Kishi Station for eight years with her assistants Miiko (her mother) and Chibi (her sister). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tama_(cat) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tama_(cat) Before passing on a couple of years ago, Tama trained Nitama to perform her duties, so the station remains in good paws. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/japan/articles/New-cat-stationmaster-appointed-at-Japanese-train-station/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/japan/ar...
- sohkamyung 9y agoThe Economist ran a wonderful obituary on Tama when she died in 2015 [1] [1] - [ http://www.economist.com/news/obituary/21656623-tama-stationmaster-kishi-station-and-vice-president-wakayama-electric-railway-died http://www.economist.com/news/obituary/21656623-tama-station... ]
- Stratoscope 9y agoThat really is a wonderful piece of writing, thank you for sharing it!
- glangdale 9y agoOn a similar note, there are a number of quotes about various automation setups which will be staffed by a man and a dog: "The man's job is to feed the dog. The dog's job is to bite the man if he touches the controls"
- labster 9y agoOutside of ceremonial duties like Tama-chan or the publeash or perish crowd from the OP, many more dogs work as police or military, in roles from combat to bomb-sniffing. Also: Laika, the cosmonaut https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika And elsewhere in order Carnivora, an army corporal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear)
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- kwhitefoot 9y agoThere is also Brigadier Sir Nils Olav III: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Olav https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Olav
- DannyB2 9y agoVoters in the US should seriously consider this for the office of US president.