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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
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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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Veterok and Ugolyok Quotes in Only the Animals
The Only the Animals quotes below are all either spoken by Veterok and Ugolyok or refer to Veterok and Ugolyok. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Plautus: A Memoir of My Years on Earth and Last Days in Space: Soul of Tortoise
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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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