what was the first animal on the moon??

Question: what was the first animal on the moon??
- Keywords:
  animal,
  moon
Asked by kayleighxox to Rochelle, Julia, Jon F, Beth, Adrian on 21 Jan 2016.
- Jon Farrow answered on 21 Jan 2016:
  
  Humans! I don’t think we’ve ever sent any non-human animals to the moon.
  
  The Russians sent a probe with turtles, flies, and other insects around the moon in 1968, but they never landed.
  
  http://history.nasa.gov/animals.html

Question: what was the first animal on the moon??