[HN Gopher] The US Navy Put Cameras on Dolphins and the Results ...
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       The US Navy Put Cameras on Dolphins and the Results Were Wild
        
       Author : Jimmc414
       Score  : 36 points
       Date   : 2024-11-05 21:26 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.sciencealert.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.sciencealert.com)
        
       | Jimmc414 wrote:
       | Paper -
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       | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
        
       | mikestew wrote:
       | The results might be "wild", but the dolphins weren't.
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       | From TFA: _"While these dolphins aren 't wild..."_
        
       | mannyv wrote:
       | They should upload the footage to YouTube because Why Not?
        
         | kylehotchkiss wrote:
         | For real, these guys are cool. Maybe they're exhibiting some
         | searching behavior while out in the wild we don't want the
         | Russians training their dolphins with.
        
       | kylehotchkiss wrote:
       | One time I was boating on the San Diego Bay and a friendly
       | dolphin was swimming nearby. I knew about the pens and thought it
       | was really strange a wild dolphin would swim into the bay. He
       | must have been one of the Navy's going to try a snack!
        
       | karaterobot wrote:
       | Lots of interesting stuff here!
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       | But I was surprised by this:
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       | > While these dolphins aren't wild, they are provided with
       | regular opportunities to hunt in the open ocean, complementing
       | their usual diet of frozen fish... "They can swim away if they
       | choose, and over the years a few have. But almost all stay."
        
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