U.S. Navy dolphins find antique torpedo

A Howell torpedo on display at the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum.

(Credit:
The Naval War College Museum)

Unlike Acoustic Kitty, the U.S. military’s dolphin program, active since the 1960s, has had quite a bit of success. Dolphins, you see, are capable of producing sonar, and have an aptitude for learning commands, proving to be much more useful than machines for aquatic mine detection.
“Dolphins naturally possess the most sophisticated sonar known to man,” explains Braden Duryee, operations supervisor for the SSC Pacific Biosciences Division. “They can detect mines and other potentially…

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