OK, who remembers the classic Star Trek episode, "The Trouble with Tribbles"? Well apparently this is a real thing because there was a Tribble living in our vacuum cleaner. This is what happens when you live with a bunch of long haired girls. I couldn't figure out why the vacuum wasn't doing its job. Mr. Dyson made me a solemn promise that my vacuum would never lose suction. I don't think his fancy algorithms were any match for the long haired shedding people in my house though.
Tribbles were first shown in an episode of the second season of the original series, "The Trouble With Tribbles" (1967). They have appeared in several subsequent series, as well as in a number of Star Trek feature films, and in video games such as Star Trek: Armada II.
A tribble
According to Star Trek canon, tribbles are native to the planet Iota Geminorum IV. They appear as small bundles of fur with no other visible features. Their coloring ranges from white and grey to black, as well as speckled brown, yellow and orange. According to Dr. Leonard McCoy's dialogue, their only two purposes in life appear to be to eat and to reproduce, and they perform both of these functions exceptionally well. McCoy concludes that tribbles use over 50% of their metabolism for reproduction and that they are born pregnant.
