The Role of Dolphins and Sea Lions in the Military #shorts

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In the early 60’s, the United States Navy began training a small force of dolphins and other marine mammals. The goal was to protect our shores and ships by hunting for underwater mines, recovering test equipment, and even intercepting unauthorized swimmers.

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The highly evolved biosonar of a bottlenose dolphin and underwater vision of a sea lion can easily detect human swimmers. In fact, Naval trained dolphins have reportedly saved more lives in the open ocean than human divers.

In early 2023, the US Congress debated ending the use of marine mammals to hunt for underwater mines — and use drones instead. The problem is, as my friend mentioned, there is no technology that currently equals a dolphin's unique ability to locate mines. So Congress barred the Navy from retiring its dolphins until new mine-countermeasure systems are developed that can rival these marine mammals.

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