There was this one case where someone made a quadrocopter out of their dead cat[...

There was this one case where someone made a quadrocopter out of their dead cat[1]. That was also in the news, while we gained no new knowledge from it. "Look at them, they play with a corpse" is quite newsworthy, apparently. :D

At least in this case, we now know for sure that a spider-powered UFO catcher / claw crane is possible. :P

[1] https://www.dw.com/en/the-dead-cat-drone-with-an-eco-message...