[Here's the kind of story Navagear readers are now missing out on, because I don't run these here! I run them over at my new blog, Puget Sound Maritime. Anyway, I figure some of you maritime geeks would find this interesting nonetheless. —Tim]
The U.S. Navy wants to use Atlantic bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions in Puget Sound to protect against terrorists along Naval Base Kitsap at Bangor on Hood Canal. The Navy-trained dolphins would find threatening divers, then make way for deep-diving California sea lions to clamp a cuff around the intruder’s ankle.
Michelle Ma has the story in the Seattle Times. With Navy-supplied video!