Comments on: Flipper - The Navy’s Finest http://www.buzolich.com/home/2003/flipper-the-navys-finest One Corner in the Ether Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:08:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: SAFW http://www.buzolich.com/home/2003/flipper-the-navys-finest#comment-244 SAFW Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.buzolich.com/flipper-the-navys-finest/#comment-244 I thought this had to be a joke, but MSNBC is running an article confiming that dolphins, sea lions, and oh yes, beluga whales are being used by the U.S. Navy. The dolphins were once used as armed sentries, but animal rights activists blocked this use: the dolphins were mounted with magnetic proximity mines and trained to home on submarines. Go flipper, go! I thought this had to be a joke, but MSNBC is running an article confiming that dolphins, sea lions, and oh yes, beluga whales are being used by the U.S. Navy.

The dolphins were once used as armed sentries, but animal rights activists blocked this use: the dolphins were mounted with magnetic proximity mines and trained to home on submarines.

Go flipper, go!

]]> By: Thad http://www.buzolich.com/home/2003/flipper-the-navys-finest#comment-245 Thad Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.buzolich.com/flipper-the-navys-finest/#comment-245 Fox news is reporting that PETA has some unfavorable views of our military using our animal friends... <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,83116,00.html">PETA: No Porpoise in War</a> Fox news is reporting that PETA has some unfavorable views of our military using our animal friends…

PETA: No Porpoise in War

]]> By: Zoe http://www.buzolich.com/home/2003/flipper-the-navys-finest#comment-246 Zoe Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.buzolich.com/flipper-the-navys-finest/#comment-246 Bomb sniffing dolphins?!?! What is this world coming to? Cali sure is a lucky dog that these important jobs aren't going in her direction...finding turtles is one thing... Bomb sniffing dolphins?!?! What is this world coming to? Cali sure is a lucky dog that these important jobs aren’t going in her direction…finding turtles is one thing…

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