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9/20/05
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NOAA FISHERIES SERVICE RESCUES THE LAST FOUR TRAINED DOLPHINS WASHED INTO MISSISSIPPI SOUND AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service and the Marine Life Aquarium of Gulfport, Miss., working with a number of other partners, rescued the last four of the eight trained bottlenose dolphins that were swept out of an aquarium tank torn apart by the storm surge of Hurricane Katrina on August 29th. Normally held in captivity, the dolphins don
That sure is a heartwarming story. But here is a darker variation on the Katrina / dolphins theme, as reported by a respectable British newspaper (not the Weekly World News, honest!)
[quote]Armed and dangerous - Flipper the firing dolphin let loose by Katrina
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.
Experts who have studied the US navy’s cetacean training exercises claim the 36 mammals could be carrying ‘toxic dart’ guns. Divers and surfers risk attack, they claim, from a species considered to be among the planet’s smartest.[/quote]
Story here.