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Hamas Alleges That Israel Has 'Killer Dolphins'
By H I Sutton
A video posted by Hamas alleges that one of its frogmen was killed by an Israeli trained dolphin. This may not be
as far fetched as it at first sounds. The video (shared on Twitter) shows a harness which it alleges was recovered. The harness appears to fit the nose of a
dolphin. And is similar to those used in US Navy and Russian
Navy marine mammal pro- grams. The har- ness appears to have a spear gun-
like device attached.
Dolphins cannot tell friend-or-foe so generally you would not expect them to deliver
lethal force. Instead they mark the target with a buoy. The har- ness device may be part of that type of system. Or, possibly, it is indeed a straight-
forward weapon.
There is no evi- dence that con- firms that the har- ness is Israeli, or even off a dol- phin. However the report does have some credibility. It is at least plausi- ble that Israel may have a Navy marine mammal program.
The Russian Navy as an exten- sive marine mam- mal program and I have previously found evidence that it deployed dolphins to Tartus in Syria. So one theory would be that the alleged killer dolphin was from there. However this seems improba- ble, at least if a Hamas frogmen was killed near the Israeli coast.
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