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Originally Posted by GateandGarden
I could be wrong, but I don't think they could live in the Gulf.
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If so, that makes me sick. They must have had a reason for doing that, though. What I'm thinking, is that the waters there are so disgustingly polluted that they thought they should put them out of their misery?? Look at this, though - They help us, we don't help them. yeah.
"Dolphins and sea lions are currently serving in the Persian Gulf where they help protect coalition forces. Theirs is the longest combat mission in the history of this special unit.
As The Early Show resident veterinarian Dr. Debbye Turner explains, about 100 marine mammals work as underwater allies.
In the early days of the Iraq War, Navy dolphins were deployed to clear mines from the port of Umm Qasr.
"Dolphins, with their echo-location capability to be able to look long-distance under water, and sea lions, with their great eyesight — five times better than yours and mine — so they can see in dark, turbulent waters," Marine Mammal Program director Michael Rothe says.
Half a world away in San Diego, Calif., new recruits are training for future missions.
"We start working with the dolphins born in our program in their first few weeks of life," animal behaviorist Mark Xitco says. "