Much more bad ass than German Shephards

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"A military dolphin is a dolphin trained for military uses. The United States and Russian militaries have trained and employed oceanic dolphins for several reasons. Such military dolphins have been trained to rescue lost naval swimmers or to locate underwater mines. The U.S. Navy trains dolphins and sea lions under the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program, which is based in San Diego, California. Military dolphins were used by the U.S. Navy during the First and Second Gulf Wars. About 75 dolphins are in the program. Due to the secrecy of such practice, rumors of military dolphins include training them to lay underwater mines, to locate enemy combatants, or to seek and destroy submarines using kamikaze methods.[4] There has even been speculation about the potential development of sophisticated equipment, such as poison darts, sonar jamming devices, and so on for dolphins, and about combat between cetaceans of both superpowers. The U.S. Navy denies ever having trained its marine mammals to harm or injure humans in any fashion or to carry weapons to destroy ships"

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5/20/2011 6:35:06 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1EBqPZyo88

5/20/2011 6:40:08 PM

Adorable baby dolphin is adorable. Also, cute penguin is cute.

5/20/2011 6:42:11 PM

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"Such military dolphins have been trained to rescue lost naval swimmers or to locate underwater mines."

i wonder how they go about doing that

5/20/2011 6:43:06 PM

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"Using fish as a reward, the Navy has trained dolphins to spot suspicious, manmade, metal objects from far away. The dolphin learns to search for a mine, and upon finding one, swims back up to the boat to poke an appropriate signifier, such as a ball, with its nose. The humans then give the dolphin a buoy or a special device known as an acoustic transponder, which the animal leaves in the area it spotted the mine. This device produces a distinct sound that allows human divers to find it later. Though the Navy can equip dolphins with cameras and sensors, it's really the dolphins' natural abilities that make them perfect for the job. Unlike the mechanical devices the Navy builds to detect mines, dolphins can tell the difference between man-made and natural objects, an invaluable skill given that enemies craftily disguise mines. It turns out that dolphins have a remarkably sophisticated sonar ability (using their sense of hearing) to perceive objects in even very murky water. This ability is so sophisticated that human technology hasn't come close to replicating it."

http://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/dolphin-disarm-sea-mine.htm

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"or to seek and destroy submarines using kamikaze methods"

hahah that's friggin awesome

i bet PETA loves that

5/20/2011 7:02:38 PM

http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/Dolphin_%28Red_Alert_2%29

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"US Navy Dolphins"

clearly this is a play on navy seals right?

5/20/2011 10:07:38 PM

If dolphins are so smart, how come they are so stupid.

One time this girl I knew came up to me and was like, "Did you know dolphins have sex for pleasure just like humans?"

That was her opener.

I always thought she liked me and then I realized she was just into dolphin sex.

5/20/2011 11:34:54 PM

I saw the picture and thought this thread was about Red Alert 2.

5/20/2011 11:36:05 PM

i met once met a navy diver who trained the attack dolphins as his last assignment. he said that they will knock the bejeezus out of you.

5/20/2011 11:37:39 PM

there are confirmed reports of juvenile orcas using sonar to knock divers unconscious

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5/20/2011 11:51:00 PM

There is an unconfirmed report of an orca possibly grabbing a trainer at Sea World by her hair, holding her at the bottom of the whale tank and pinning her there until she drowns and dies, and then releasing her.

Oh wait, that actually happened.

Orcas possibly doing fucked up shit doesn't surprise anyone anymore. ^ ^

5/21/2011 1:09:08 AM

you can see the dolphin pens at the naval base on point loma from the water if you ever find yourself on a boat leaving san diego bay

5/21/2011 11:02:52 AM

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""US Navy Dolphins" clearly this is a play on navy seals right?"

This made me Lol!!

5/21/2011 11:18:28 AM