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Originally posted by ahlamalek hehe the us army marketing people are geniuses, putting such a lovely animal (who hates dolphins after all?) in the imagery of war... they draw sympathies from the general audience... but those PETA people must be so pissed. just a thought!

Well I don't think that this is a marketing ploy that was newly created right as war was starting. I can think of far better PR programs if America desired to garner support. If the US was trying to draw sympathy by saing "look at us we use Dolphins!" I'll shoot myself in the foot. My guess is that dolphins probably ARE effective in finding and tagging sea mines.

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Originally posted by occrider Let's not start intermingling politics with humor now

Agreed

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My guess is that dolphins probably ARE effective in finding and tagging sea mines.

That's very true! The thing is that no matter how advanced technology is, the sea is a very untamed element that is unpredictable and largely unknown. So I would guess there are not a lot of mine-detecting capabilities as far as machines go.

So why not use a dolphin, a product of millions+ years of evolution? It certainly knows its way around the ocean.

Plus dolphins are incredibly intelligent, and have a massive brain:bodymass ratio, so they could learn how to detect mines, who to contact, and procedures like that.

So I think it's entirely possible that these dolphins are actually very successful in finding mines.

(On the other hand, I'd bet squids would be next to useless in any armed forces, as they would be just as liable to "attack" your own ships as anyone else's...lol...)

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Originally posted by Alccode (On the other hand, I'd bet squids would be next to useless in any armed forces, as they would be just as liable to "attack" your own ships as anyone else's...lol...)

Thats why in Red Alert C&C they had those collars on them - one would assume you would "buzz" them a high voltage shock everytime they wanted to get their grove on and hump your own ships.

And you thought they were being funny!