Would you rather they add a cat to justify the plural? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._D._C._Willard
(obviously this is indeed an improvement over a solo paper)
(obviously this is indeed an improvement over a solo paper)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Knorozov
> Knorozov listed his cat Asya as a co-author on his work, but the editors always removed her. He always used the photo with Asya (above) as his author photo, and got annoyed when editors cropped her out.[32]
However, Asya was included in his statue.
https://coleandmarmalade.com/2022/08/16/yuri-knorozov-credit...