March 11, 2021

Waterfowl, Ice-Fishing Cats, and Hermetic Sealing


Waterfowl, Ice-Fishing Cats, and Hermetic Sealing
In Odder News

In this week's Odder News, Russia's most famous cat goes ice fishing, there is another pandemic – this time for the birds – and the Russian part of the International Space Station is leaking air.

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