heatenconsumerist [he/him]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-24 months agoCNN: "To give you a sign of the desperate measures [Iran is] contemplating, the Wall Street Journal reported today that they're contemplating suicide dolphins [...] equipped with mines."hexbear.netvideomessage-square78linkfedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down10
arrow-up150arrow-down1videoCNN: "To give you a sign of the desperate measures [Iran is] contemplating, the Wall Street Journal reported today that they're contemplating suicide dolphins [...] equipped with mines."hexbear.netheatenconsumerist [he/him]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square78linkfedilink
minus-squareFlakesBongler [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 months agoWe did have those dolphins trained to locate undersea mines But I don’t think that was a very successful project Much like that incendiary bat bomb they were going to use on Japan
minus-squareSorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 months agoCould have sworn we had a mine dolphin project too in the navy, hence the projection.
minus-squareGalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 months agoI think it was tried but like most times when you try to weaponize wild animals, they tend to be unpredictable.
minus-square30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoHow else are they supposed to defend against attacks from moon bears?
minus-squareFlakesBongler [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoReleasing hundreds of thousands of cane toads
minus-squareWertheimer [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoGreatest documentary ever? Cane Toads: An Unnatural History A few animal-related content warnings, but the guy who compares the toads to Nazis has to be seen to be believed.
We did have those dolphins trained to locate undersea mines
But I don’t think that was a very successful project
Much like that incendiary bat bomb they were going to use on Japan
Could have sworn we had a mine dolphin project too in the navy, hence the projection.
I think it was tried but like most times when you try to weaponize wild animals, they tend to be unpredictable.
How else are they supposed to defend against attacks from moon bears?
Releasing hundreds of thousands of cane toads
Greatest documentary ever? Cane Toads: An Unnatural History
A few animal-related content warnings, but the guy who compares the toads to Nazis has to be seen to be believed.