Dolphins - Flipper With Firearms

poe · 10-10-2005, 11:21 PM

Um.

This is an official news site.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/inter...577753,00.html

Yeah

In case you missed it:

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Originally Posted by Mark Townsend

It may be the oddest tale to emerge from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Armed dolphins, trained by the US military to shoot terrorists and pinpoint spies underwater, may be missing in the Gulf of Mexico.

Steel_Penguin · 10-10-2005, 11:38 PM

Of course they will teach other dolphins and 100 years later...

BAM sentient dolphins.

.

That or we are all doomed.

poe · 10-10-2005, 11:40 PM

Ever see the Simpsons episode where Dolphins took over? Did ya? Didja?!

It's coming!

**Darkstar68** · 10-11-2005, 02:29 AM

"Are those frickin dolphins with frickin' laser beams on their frickin' heads"

LOL

-=[dMw]=-DuVeL · 10-11-2005, 04:00 AM

In the next patch for BF2: Dolphins added as new defensive...

SmokingTarpan · 10-11-2005, 09:28 AM

This doesn't come off to me as a credible story. Terrorists in wetsuits? Put people in the water to sleep to be interrogated later (when they'd most likely drown instead)? And just how does a dolphin manage to trigger darts on a harness to fire?

It's funny and entertaining, but not believable. Then again, our military has done some really stupid things before.

AzzMan · 10-11-2005, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by poe

Ever see the Simpsons episode where Dolphins took over? Did ya? Didja?!

It's coming!

so long and thanks for all the fish.

Mateo · 10-11-2005, 10:16 AM

My issue with this is that the military thinks too small. I mean, Dr. Evil had sharks with frickin' lasers, man!

Dolphins with darts is soooo 20th century.

**USN_Squid** · 10-11-2005, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by SmokingTarpan

This doesn't come off to me as a credible story. Terrorists in wetsuits? Put people in the water to sleep to be interrogated later (when they'd most likely drown instead)? And just how does a dolphin manage to trigger darts on a harness to fire?

It's funny and entertaining, but not believable. Then again, our military has done some really stupid things before.

The Navy has beens using Dolphins for a long time to search ships hulls for mines/bombs, etc. I've read about them being trained to search for enemy combat divers too. It's not such a stretch and certainly not "really stupid". Unless by stupid you mean they kept them in their pens with poison darts on their heads 24/7 and somewhow missed the hurricane warnings and didn't evacuate them and they escaped into open water searching for scuba divers. Yes, that would be really stupid and totally unbelievable IMO.

Now figgin laser beams would be schweeet!

http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smi...phenomena.html

AzzMan · 10-11-2005, 12:50 PM

Lasers can't fire underwater can they?

SmokingTarpan · 10-11-2005, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by USN_Squid

The Navy has beens using Dolphins for a long time to search ships hulls for mines/bombs, etc. I've read about them being trained to search for enemy combat divers too. It's not such a stretch and certainly not "really stupid".

No, I know that the Navy has been using dolphins for a while. What I find stupid is the general theory presented in this report. Putting someone to sleep in the water is pretty dumb, they're pretty much going to drown unless you get to them immdiately. And the fact that they've been trained to recognize people in wetsuits as targets seems pretty silly as well, since I doubt the terrorists are going to suit up before blowing up a ship. I'm willing to give on this last part, but not on the whole sleep thing. And I still want to know how these darts are fired from a harness.

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Originally Posted by AzzMan

Lasers can't fire underwater can they?

They can. Lasers are, at their base, just highly focussed light energy.

AzzMan · 10-11-2005, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmokingTarpan

And I still want to know how these darts are fired from a harness.

They think really hard

Yeah, it makes no sense

Steel_Penguin · 10-11-2005, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AzzMan

so long and thanks for all the fish.

42

AzzMan · 10-11-2005, 04:39 PM

Pfft, needs more cowbell.

Pickle · 10-11-2005, 11:53 PM

My best friend is working on his PHD with lasers. I'll ask him about the underwater thing.

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SmokingTarpan Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,460	Re: Dolphins - Flipper With Firearms This doesn't come off to me as a credible story. Terrorists in wetsuits? Put people in the water to sleep to be interrogated later (when they'd most likely drown instead)? And just how does a dolphin manage to trigger darts on a harness to fire? It's funny and entertaining, but not believable. Then again, our military has done some really stupid things before. __________________ [squadl] "I am the prettiest african-american, vietnamese..cong..person." -SugarNCamo

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Mateo Join Date: Aug 2004 Age: 37 Posts: 6,483	Re: Dolphins - Flipper With Firearms My issue with this is that the military thinks too small. I mean, Dr. Evil had sharks with frickin' lasers, man! Dolphins with darts is soooo 20th century.

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AzzMan Banned Join Date: May 2005 Location: Daytona Beach, FL Age: 17 Posts: 1,774	Re: Dolphins - Flipper With Firearms Pfft, needs more cowbell.

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