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  • China says "spy turtles" and "spy fish" deployed by foreign intelligence agencies snooping in its waters

    06/13/2026 9:33:06 AM PDT · by DFG · 31 replies
    CBS News ^ | 06/12/2026 | Frank Andrews, Qian Zhao
    Foreign intelligence services are using "spy turtles" and "spy fish" to snoop on China, the country's Ministry of State Security said Friday. "An unseen covert war of espionage is currently unfolding" in the seas around China's coast, the ministry wrote in a post on the WeChat social media platform. In recent years, overseas spy agencies have been "continuously collecting and stealing sensitive maritime data through various new types of espionage equipment," it said, including "spy turtles and spy fish." In certain Chinese waters, "relatively large living marine animals have been fitted with sensors to swim in specific areas, collect ocean...
  • Rare white dolphin – ‘Casper’ – spotted days before Halloween in Monterey Bay

    10/30/2021 10:09:30 PM PDT · by blueplum · 8 replies
    LA Daily News ^ | 30 October 2021 | Hannah Hagemann
    MONTEREY — In the days leading up to Halloween, a rare all-white dolphin named “Casper” has been frequenting the Monterey Bay. But sighting the perplexing creature isn’t a trick of the eyes, or just a spooky Halloween treat. The dolphin actually visits the region quite often, according to Nancy Black, a marine biologist with Monterey Bay Whale Watch.... ..Black and other scientists think the dolphin is around 9 years old — still a juvenile since Risso’s can live up to 35 years. Casper frequently travels with his mother and has been seen as far north as Davenport, with pods of...