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2012-11-16 Science & Technology

U.S. Navy to ditch its dolphin and sea lions in favor of robots

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Posted by Au Auric 2012-11-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 "I wonder if you could transplant a dolphin brain into a robot body", he said, thinking out loud.

Posted by SteveS 2012-11-16 00:17|| 2012-11-16 00:17|| Front Page Top

#2 PETA will have to rebrand itself as Pests for the Ethical Treatment of Automatons...

Posted by M. Murcek 2012-11-16 08:10|| 2012-11-16 08:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Then the EPA can make them useless by restricting their use of sonar....

Posted by CrazyFool 2012-11-16 08:41|| 2012-11-16 08:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Damn. Obamacare strikes again. Dolphins and sea lions hardest hit.

Posted by Lowspark 2012-11-16 10:15|| 2012-11-16 10:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe now that they're out of jobs, the truth about Bushitler's Hunter Killer Dolphins of Katrina will come out.
I'm sure they're disgruntled...

Posted by tu3031 2012-11-16 13:01|| 2012-11-16 13:01|| Front Page Top

#6 "there may still be some specialized missions where sea mammals are needed past 2017."

Well, yes. I doubt they've got the anti-swimmer portion figured out yet.

Posted by Pappy 2012-11-16 14:02|| 2012-11-16 14:02|| Front Page Top

#7 Don't want no disgruntled unemployed Orcas now do we?

Posted by Shipman 2012-11-16 16:31|| 2012-11-16 16:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Yokay, I'll bite, HOW CAN WE CALL HIM "FLIPPER" IFF HE HAS NONE!?

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-11-16 20:48|| 2012-11-16 20:48|| Front Page Top

#9 Yokay, I'll bite, HOW CAN WE CALL HIM "FLIPPER" IFF HE HAS NONE!?

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-11-16 20:48|| 2012-11-16 20:48|| Front Page Top

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