CAPTION THIS PICTURE - (Flipper Goes to War)

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[TheOtherOne]

Mon Mar 24, 6:41 PM ET

[TheOtherOne]

K-Dog a Bottle Nose Dolphin belonging to Commander Task Unit (CTU-55.4.3) leaps out of the water in front of Sergeant Andrew Garrett while training near the USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) operating in the Arabian Gulf, March 18, 2003. This is a multinational team consisting of Naval Special Clearance Team-One, Fleet Diving Unit Three from the United Kingdom, Clearance Dive Team from Australia, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Units Six and Eight. These units are conducting deep/shallow water mine counter measure operations to clear shipping lanes for humanitarian relief. REUTERS/U.S. Navy (news - web sites)/Brien Aho

[b4its2late]

Sheesh. And all along I thought it was an article about Hannitys call screener...........

[flying Elvis]

But can it top the new Ballistic Kitty? http://www.studmonkeyracing.com/v2/vids/vidpagecat.html

[cgk]

Now I have a por-poise!

[cgk]

I did too... LOL

[Maedhros]

When they evolve opposable thumbs, we're DOOMED!

[wimpycat]

K-Dog

What a cool name for a dolphin.

[dawn53]

I sure hope they gave that dolphin a ride over to the Arabian Gulf. I'd hate to think that he had to swim the whole way.

[Paul Atreides]

Can we train him to take out Greenpeace?

[ChadGore]

FLIPPER: "I am your overlord"
FLIPPER: "FEAR ME!"

[MississippiMan]

I'm curious as to exactly what this dolphin is trained to do and what the piece of equipment on its right forefin is. I know we train them to find mines and such, which is great, but I'm curious about exactly how they do it. What do they do when they find a mine? Let us know? Anyone have details on this?

MM

[Maedhros]

wtf?

[csvset]

With a fricking laser beam strapped to his fin.....

[dawn53]

When they evolve opposable thumbs, we're DOOMED.

We often joke about our Weimaraner and say, "Why would she need opposable thumbs when she has human slaves to do her bidding?"

[Jonah Hex]

Great. Now PETA will complain about the military deploying weapons for illegal porpoises....

;-)

[mykdsmom]

OMG....my BIL e-mailed me that video and my kids must have watched it 5 times in a row laughing so hard they were crying.

I'm getting worried that they will get ideas on how to do this to our cat now. It's SO funny.

OT, have you seen this yet? I know you have a cat.

MKM

[Maedhros]

I vaguely remember hearing the dolphins / opposable thumbs thing on the Simpsons.

[flying Elvis]

My sides haven't stopped hurting since I received it. lol

[Wavyhill]

You got that, flipper? Just swim up the Euphrates and when you see Saddam, use that thing on your fin to blow his #~&<ing head off!

[demnomo]

LOL. You're bad, funny, but bad. (Zat's a job for zee French--who are too chicken to take on a real fighting foe.)