Just amazing.

[Norm357]

I am watching a show about the Navy's Marine Mammal program where they train dolphins and sea lions to patrol, retrieve things off the ocean floor, and in the case of the sea lions, capture enemy divers.:eek:

Just amazing.

Link
http://www.spawar.navy.mil/sandiego/technology/mammals/

[Norm357]

"In March, Kahili, along with eight other dolphins that are a part of the U.S. Navy's Special Clearance Team One, became the first marine mammals to take part in mine-clearing operations in an active combat situation. Together with Navy SEALS, Marine Corps reconnaissance swimmers, explosive ordnance disposal divers and unmanned undersea vehicles, they helped disarm more than 100 antiship mines and underwater booby traps planted in Umm Qasr's port by Saddam Hussein's forces.
In fact, the team proved so effective that coalition forces were able to open Umm Qasr to ship traffic, including the British supply ship Sir Galahad loaded with rice and other foodstuffs, only a week after hostilities began." (Gasperini,W. (September 2003) "Uncle Sam's Dolphins," Smithsonian, pp. 28-29.)

:eek: