Like most cats, Cooper used to love climbing into cardboard boxes. But one day, a box full of foam packing peanuts caught this tabby by surprise. Her owner, Sean McGrath, soon heard a commotion coming from the box and pulled her out. Thanks to static electricity, foam pellets now clung to her fur from head to tail.
Cooper seemed stunned. “She just stood there, frozen,” says McGrath, 44, of St. John, Canada. He snapped a photo before brushing her off. That picture, taken 20 years ago, eventually found its way to Wikipedia. Cooper unwittingly came to embody static electricity. She has appeared in textbooks, college lectures and more — all to help explain this sticky science.
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