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| | Encyclopedia article on Samoyed (dog) [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19) |
 | | The Samoyed dog (pronounced with the accent on the second syllable) takes its name from an obsolete term for the Nenets people of Siberia. |
 | | These nomadic reindeer herders bred the fluffy, white, smiling dogs to help with the herding, to pull sleds when they moved, and to keep their owners warm at night by sleeping on top of them. |
 | | Laika, the first living creature launched into orbit, was a terrier mixed with Samoyed. |
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