SECRETS of the US Navy's Military Dolphins!

The U.S. Navy trains bottlenose dolphins to protect ships and harbors. A marine biologist interviews a former trainer to uncover the secrets of these military dolphins. 00:00 - Navy Dolphin Program 01:10 - History of Dolphins in the Military 01:57 - Military Sea Lion Retrieves Test Equipment 02:57 - U.S. Navy Strapped Cameras to Dolphins 03:28 - Russian Spy Whale Hvladimir 04:40 - Interview With a Navy Dolphin Trainer 05:54 - Ending Dolphin Programs 06:33 - Navy Dolphins Can Teach Us About Aging 06:48 - Ethics of Military Dolphins 07:44 - Classified and Redacted The U.S. Navy began training dolphins and sea lions in the 1960s. The goal was to protect U.S. shores and ships by hunting for underwater mines, recovering test equipment, and even intercepting unauthorized swimmers. In early 2023, the U.S. Congress debated ending the use of marine mammals to hunt for underwater mines — and use drones instead. The problem is 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. The U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program began in 1959, when the Navy used captive dolphins for hydrodynamic studies. The goal was to improve torpedo performance. However, the dolphin’s incredible intelligence, natural sonar, deep-diving physiology, and trainability opened the door to new possibilities. The first major breakthrough was when the marine biologists realized these animals could reliably work untethered in the open ocean. These highly trained military dolphins and sea lions typically live and are trained in enclosed habitats known as sea pens. But they are given regular opportunities to hunt in the open ocean., as we see in a new study published earlier this year. Sources [1] https://phys.org/news/2020-08-dolphin... [2] https://www.discovermagazine.com/plan... [3] https://www.businessinsider.com/us-na... [4] https://www.businessinsider.com/the-u... [5] https://www.niwcpacific.navy.mil/mari... [6] https://bigthink.com/life/navy-dolphins/ [7] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/a... [8] https://www.sciencealert.com/the-us-n... [9] https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art... Hvladimir: the Beluga Whale That’s a Russian Spy [1] https://www.livescience.com/65359-bel... [2]    • Introducing Hvaldimir (The Russian Spy Wha...   [3]    • A Tale of a Whale - Hvaldimir's Journey in...   Join the KPassionate channel to learn more about marine mammals and gain access to perks:    / @kpassionate   ----------------------------------------------------- Check out our Patreon to support the KPassionate channel! We provide early access to videos, your name in the credits of our videos, and bonus content! →  / kpassionate   ----------------------------------------------------- Learn more about the amazing marine mammals that I work with: →   / kpassionate   Come chat with me live and ask your animal questions: →  / kpassionate   Follow my social media for more marine mammal content: →Twitter:   / kp_assionate   →Instagram:   / kp.assionate   →TikTok:   / k_passionate   Chat with my community here: →  / discord   Buy Merch here: →https://shop.kpassionate.com ----------------------------------------------------- Music Cody Martin soundstripe.com Thumbnail bphall - stock.adobe.com Photoshopped by D. Herring & DoubleAgent XV Additional Imagery US Navy Voice of America News - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... ProRail - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Matthieu VAUTRIN - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Joey - stock.adobe.com Shortpic - stock.adobe.com gravytime - soundstripe.com Khensho - stock.adobe.com blackboxguild - stock.adobe.com OceanElement/Pond5 vasttt - soundstripe.com LYRA VALERY - stock.adobe.com Chibenz - stock.adobe.com Artur - stock.adobe.com hotelfoxtrot - soundstripe.com markoconnell - soundstripe.com Media Whale Stock - stock.adobe.com BlackBoxGuild - soundstripe.com beluga whale norway russian spy, russian spy beluga, #spywhale #dolphins #kpassionate