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Animals can do some pretty neat things. We found that all across the globe amazing animals have been trained to aid society. Dolphins and sea lions are working as anti-terror officers for the United States Navy, Germany has recruited the help of Sherlock the vulture to find corpses and uses bees to test the air quality near eight airports, while China employs dogs to detect drug smuggling.

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Dolphins And Sea Lions in the United States Navy

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The United States Navy has recruited 20 bottled nosed dolphins and California sea lions to watch over the shoreline surrounding the submarine base in Washington’s Puget Sound. Recruited as anti-terror officers, the dolphins serve as highly efficient military guards. Mike Rothe, head of science for the Navy's marine mammal program, said, “They are better than anything we have ever made.” 75 dolphins and 25 sea lions were stationed at San Diego’s Naval Base Point Loma.

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The United States Navy has recruited 20 bottled nosed dolphins and California sea lions to watch over the shoreline surrounding the submarine base in Washington’s Puget Sound. Recruited as anti-terror officers, the dolphins serve as highly efficient military guards. Mike Rothe, head of science for the Navy's marine mammal program, said, “They are better than anything we have ever made.” 75 dolphins and 25 sea lions were stationed at San Diego’s Naval Base Point Loma.

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[WorkhelpWorkhelp]

04:36 AM on 07/19/2010

My Grand parents lived in West Virginia in the 1950's and had a wild crow they raised from a baby. It learned to talk. It was amazing. On it's own, when asked if he wanted a cracker he would say. "Cracker, HELL !!!!"

Damn it was funny. He didn't want no damn cracker.

[rjmtx]

01:48 PM on 07/18/2010

I can't wait to see a seeing eye miniature horse. That'll be the day.

[JeanRR]

11:48 AM on 07/20/2010

There is at least one in the US. His name is Panda and
I think Alexandra Kurland traned him.

[Jeannette Harris]

10:51 PM on 07/17/2010

Dolphins have a wonderful and ancient history of healthful and helpful, protective interaction with humans (and others). They have amazing abilities and acuities that we haven't, or haven't explored for ourselves, also.

[mrgardon]

10:32 PM on 07/17/2010

Cool train them crows as garbage collectors and we can just throw our garbage out the window and let the crows snatch it up. Guess they just head over to the land fill and drop it off, huh? Wonder how the city is going to collect the fees for using the land fill.

[lrobb]

07:03 PM on 07/17/2010

Back in the 80's we lived in laJolla and my daughter was in a swim/marine biology outreach program between Scripps Institute and the high school. She knew all about the Navy program at Point Loma and really wanted to continue--until she found it was not open to women. Did some research. Now it is. Pity it was way too late, and my daughter wound up with an unsatisfying career which was far from her first choice.

[seal62]

12:57 PM on 07/17/2010

I so wanted that job back in the day .Lucky bastards.

[Netflyer]

11:12 AM on 07/17/2010

Dolphin: Fa love Pa!

George C. Scott: Pa loves you too, Fa.

[Strepsi]

10:43 AM on 07/17/2010

Because that's what animals are, little slaves for humans!

Particularly love the unironic use of the term "recruited", as in "The United States Navy has recruited 20 bottled nosed dolphins and California sea lions" -- really?!! How did they hold the pen?

[HLL]

12:06 PM on 07/17/2010

Fanned for a kindred Spirit.

[lrobb]

07:20 PM on 07/17/2010

I saw this program up close and personal in the 80's. At least back then the dolphins in the program were rescued from near-fatal situations. Also, incredible care was taken so that no harm would come to them as a result of the program, and the dolphins in the program would not have done well in the open sea on their own. The Navy trainers and dolphins formed a bond--and, no, it was not all about the fish. Dolphins have a need for intellectual stimulation.

[Xibalba]

10:18 AM on 07/17/2010

Perhaps NOW we can begin to appreciate all that Mother Nature has given to us.

-head of science for the Navy's marine mammal program, said, “They are better than anything we have ever made.”

Stop with the sonar please. It's killing.

[HLL]

12:06 PM on 07/17/2010

Thank you. Right on. Fanned.

[tjconkster]

09:46 AM on 07/17/2010

Where are the sharks with fricken lasers on their heads? I know they're out there...

[Netflyer]

11:08 AM on 07/17/2010

You forgot the quotes, fricken "lasers" ... :-) I'm thinking there are some hollow whales that are really submarines out there...

[tjconkster]

02:34 PM on 07/17/2010

Thanks for catching that!

Submarine Whales....now there's something I hadn't thought of...I bet you're right they're out there somewhere....

Fanned & faved....

[genrel1248]

09:22 AM on 07/17/2010

Too bad we cant train repugs to perform some useful tasks.

[jan4insight]

12:09 AM on 07/18/2010

;)

[cambo]

09:02 AM on 07/17/2010

Well if we can`t cover them with oil, it`s better to put them to work. We only spend 2 billion a month looking for terrorists and that`s not working so maybe the dolphins will work. Will they be able to swim into washington?

[siasina]

08:43 AM on 07/17/2010

Crows the eco-saviors of the planet? Interesting.

[Give Peace A Chance]

08:42 AM on 07/17/2010

I don't want people shooting at Dolphins because they think they are part of the military!

[anastomosis]

06:01 AM on 07/17/2010

Do they all get together afterwoods in a squeakeasy?