Ravenwood - 09/27/05 06:15 AM
I knew they were the second smartest species on Earth, but I never thought I'd read about armed dolphins swimming around the Gulf of Mexico.
Experts who have studied the U.S. Navy's cetacean training exercises fear that as many as 36 escaped mammals could be carrying 'toxic dart' guns. Dolphins, considered one of the species with intelligence second only to man's, now threaten divers and surfers. The U.S. Navy admits it has been training dolphins for military purposes, but has refused to confirm that any are missing.Accident investigator Leo Sheridan, 72, said he had received intelligence from sources close to the U.S. government's marine fisheries service confirming dolphins had escaped.
"My concern is that they have learnt to shoot at divers in wetsuits who have simulated terrorists in exercises. If divers or windsurfers are mistaken for a spy or suicide bomber and if equipped with special harnesses carrying toxic darts, they could fire," Sheridan said.
The Navy started the Cetacean Intelligence Mission in 1989, outfitting dolphins with harness and electrodes, and teaching them to protect Trident subs in harbor. Dolphins have been used to detect mines near an Iraqi port. It is apparent the government has been working on using dolphins as weapons.
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COOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!! Dolphins with poison dart guns, almost as good a sharks with frickin' lazar beams on their backs!!
Posted by: John at September 27, 2005 8:56 AMYou'll know it's for real if they find a bunch of poison-darted sharks floating belly-up. I think dolphins are too smart to waste darts on humans when the ocean is full of their natural enemies.
Posted by: markm at September 28, 2005 10:57 AMGreenpeace beware flipper is armed and dangerous
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