Military.com: Navy to Deploy Anti-Terrorism Dolphins
LaPuzza said that because of their astonishing sonar abilities, dolphins are excellent at patrolling for swimmers and divers. When a Navy dolphin detects a person in the water, it drops a beacon. This tells a human interception team where to find the suspicious swimmer.
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Sea lions can carry in their mouths special cuffs attached to long ropes. If the animal finds a rogue swimmer, it can clamp the cuff around the person’s leg. The individual can then be reeled in for questioning.
This gives new meaning to the name “Navy Seals.”
There was a truly pitiful movie out in the ’70s called “Day of the Dolphin.” In it, George C. Scott plays a scientist who trains dolphins to talk and to place magnetic mines on ships’ hulls for the military. The high point of the movie was when the male, named Alpha, squeaked and whistled his love for the female dolphin, Beta. Oh, and there was a secondary plot in which the dolphins were being used to kill a politician.
Talking dolphins. The ’70s were a cultural and intellectual wasteland.
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