Posted on 02/12/2007 5:22:34 PM PST by mfnorman
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Dozens of dolphins and sea lions trained to detect and apprehend waterborne attackers could be sent to patrol a military base in Washington state, the Navy said Monday.
In a notice published in this week's Federal Register, the Navy said it needs to bolster security at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, on the Puget Sound close to Seattle.
The base is home to submarines, ships and laboratories and is potentially vulnerable to attack by terrorist swimmers and scuba divers, the notice states.
Several options are under consideration, but the preferred plan would be to send as many as 30 California sea lions and Atlantic Bottlenose dolphins from the Navy's Marine Mammal Program, based in San Diego.
"These animals have the capabilities for what needs to be done for this particular mission," said Tom LaPuzza, a spokesman for the Marine Mammal Program.
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I wonder if they will have "fricken laser beams" attached to their heads.
I'd rather have some trained great white sharks, electric rays and saltwater crocodiles on patrol duty.
stingrays have shown to do a good job also
I am simply amazed that these animals can do this task.
Bauernosed dolphins with frickin laser beams on their heads.
I wonder if the antique telephone method would work. It sure works on catfish.
Shows where the hundreds of millions of dollars they've shipped off to the academic world for R&D on autonomous vehicles, remote sensing, machine vision, and artificial intelligence has gotten them. Over the past 30 years or so.
flipper signs up as a NAVY SEAL! What is the uniform, pay scale, fringe bennies? How do they tell friend from foe, special dolphin chirps? Calling Dr Dolittle....
"Fa love Pa."
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We had to repel borders against a marauding band of sea turtles one night in Cocoa Beach...
Seal of approval!
Arrh, arrh, arrh!
Yep--really looks like they're in distress.
They are plenty dangerous without lasers.
But we're empowering our sea-mammal friends. They should love this. Also, anyone else think of Red Alert 2 when they read this? They were the best sea-unit in the game.
"But we're empowering our sea-mammal friends."
Just tell PETA that someday our trained dolphins and sea lions will turn on us and kill us. PETA will love it.
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