Animals in space

Animals have played a very important role in space research. We watched this video about animals in space between 1959 and 1961, before Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space.

What other animals could we send to space? What benefit would this have for space research? We came up with our own proposals about which animals we would send to space next. 

Brandon - 'I'd like to send an eagle to space and see if it could still flap its wings with no gravity!'

'Could you hear a horse neigh in space?' - Alice

Dylan - ' I wonder if a pigeon would survive going to space!'