AUDIO: RUSSIA DEPLOYS SPY DOLPHINS
Russia has deployed trained dolphins during its invasion of Ukraine. The goal is, apparently, to protect a Black Sea Russian naval base. The Russian Navy has placed two dolphin pens at the entrance to Sevastopol harbor. The pens were moved there in February, around the time of the invasion of Ukraine, according to a review of satellite imagery. Sevastopol is the Russian Navy’s most significant naval base in the Black Sea. It is believed the dolphins are tasked with counter-diver operations, preventing Ukrainian special operations forces from infiltrating the harbor underwater to sabotage warships. The Soviet Navy has developed several marine mammal programs, including dolphins, Beluga whales and seals. Back on April 23, 2019, a trained beluga whale turned up in northern Norway, believed to have escaped from the Russian Navy program. As for dolphins – they are widely considered by naval analysts to be an effective defense against divers.
* How? Do they distract them with spinning jumps and tail walks?
* And you’d never suspect them of being Russian agents because they’re so gosh darn cute.
* “Open the dolphin pens!” It’s not as impressive as “Release the Kraken!” but whatever.
* What happens if the US Navy catches a Russian dolphin? “Talk, or you’ll be turned into a tuna melt!”
CLIP: Dolphin chirps.
