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Dolphins Trained to Kill are Armed, Dangerous and Currently On the Loose

Wes Glinsmann — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:00:57 +0000

In case you didn’t have enough on your mind today, you can now add dolphins trained to attack humans with head-mounted guns and knives to the list. According to Russian media reports, at least three trained “killer” dolphins have escaped from a Ukrainian naval base in the Crimean port of Sevastopol. The dolphins are specially [...]

Watch a Real-Time Dolphin Rescue

Tom Blunt — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:00:53 +0000

You’re not supposed to help injured animals in the wild, but when a dolphin started hanging around these divers with a fishing hook and line obstructing its swimming, they were startled into action. A hook embedded in the dolphin’s fin was connected to a length of line that had becomed wrapped around, restricting its motion. [...]

Science May Help Bring Us One Step Closer to Communicating with Dolphins

Danny Gallagher — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:30:13 +0000

Legend has it that humans and dolphins have long possessed some unspoken kinship. And now, we may be very close to actually being able to communicate with them.

Scientists are unveiling new findings at the Acoustical Society of America meeting in Hong Kong that could help them develop a special speaker that can take the cries and shrieks of dolphins and translate them into our human languages.