No Flipper! Noooo! That hurts!
Ok no one make any plans to go swimming in the Gulf Coast any time soon.
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. The US navy admits it has been training dolphins for military purposes, but has refused to confirm that any are missing.
The idea of assasin dolphins is kind of interesting. Can you picture the diversion these dolphins have before unleashing their poison darts? “Hey. Look, the dolphins are standing up in the water. Quick throw them a treat!” Blam! Game over.
