I Thought Seals Were Lazy

Long-time readers (first-time commenters?) might remember a little post from September 2005 about Hurricane Katrina allegedly letting loose counter-terrorism-trained dolphins into the Gulf of Mexico. The US military would neither confirm nor deny the reports.

We still may not know what happened to those dolphins, but this week, the US Navy unveiled 75 dolphins and 25 sea lions at a military base in San Diego that have been trained to detect terrorists and underwater mines.

The crazy part? They work together. The article states:

Working in unison, the dolphins can drop a flashing light near a mine or a swimmer. The sea lions carry in their mouths a cable and a handcuff-like device that clamps onto a terrorist's leg.

Now those are some fucking Navy Seals.