Cool NASA guy proves 6 percent of drivers are animal killers

7/19/2012

Here’s what Mark Rober does when he’s not designing Mars Rovers for NASA: He executes scientific roadkill experiments like this one and watches evil people swerve to hit tiny critters. His findings? Six percent of drivers are psychopathic animal killers — or, at least, rubber snake and turtle murderers. We love how Rober gives shoutouts to the cool people who stop their cars to rescue the toy animals, pokes fun at the overly safety-conscious animal control agent and unapologetically outs the marauding snake-stealer. We’ll even forgive the cheesy “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” reference and are ready to book him an audition to join the cool nerds on “The Big Bang Theory.” [Source]

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