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Sex Geckos Sent To Space Are Dead, Frozen And Mummified
Five brave geckos sent to space for zero-gravity sex experiments have died, Russian officials announced.
On Monday, the descent module containing the lusty lizards and other experiments from the Foton-M4 satellite launched in July returned to Earth.
"All geckos, unfortunately, died," the Russian Federal Space Agency said in a statement translated by Google.
“According to the preliminary information, it became clear the geckos froze," an official told Interfax, per a translation in The Guardian. "Most likely, this happened due to a failure of the equipment meant to ensure the temperature of the box with the animals.”
Officials believe the geckos have been dead for at least a week as they were not only frozen but also mummified. On a more positive note, however, fruit flies also engaged in experiments aboard the satellite of love were doing just fine.
"The fruit flies were in a perfect condition: they produced offspring," a source was quoted as saying, according to RT.