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NASA scientists were at a loss to explain the appearance of the orange tabby in the JPL photos released today as part of a 360 degree panorama photo. "We had hoped to find evidence of life on Mars, but this is the kind of thing that sends you back to the theoretical stage" noted Dr. Elizabeth McCoy."The rust colored animal may be an indigenous artifact of the Martian past - but it's there and we have to deal with it" blurted Dr. Melvin Bower during the noisy CNN press session. All scientists were united in their concern that "Russell R.", as they have dubbed him, may pounce on little Sojourner as it moves toward the rock Yogi, renamed "Sagy"in memory of Dr. Carl Sagan's turtle.

NASA teams can only pray tonight that when the sun comes up on Mars tomorrow they don't see the little rover lying wheels up like a flipped over turtle. Teams at Johnson Space Center are proposing a software modification to use the Alpha Proton Spectrometer in a defensive manner to combat the mysterious tabby. "We can theoretically squeeze it's paw against the wheel in a biting type of motion" suggested Dr. McCoy. "It worked for Tyson" she shouted before colleagues silenced her.

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