Russia deploys dolphin spetznaz to defend Crimea

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what? no frikkin’ laser beams?
gimme sharks anyday.

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And of course the Navy’s famed Seal Team Six.

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“Murder Dolphins” tell me that you had that on your 2022 bingo card…

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We should send Ukraine some corks.

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The Moscow Times reported at the time that Russia was training the dolphins to plant explosives on ships.

The Russians tried that with dogs running under tanks with explosives in WWII. They ended up targeting their own tanks more often. :confused:

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Or golf balls.

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So blundering through wars is a russian tradition.

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Where’s John Lilly and team when they are needed most?

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Fa love Pa.

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Then there are the sexual harassment belugas of the USS Cerritos

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Oh Good Dog and Butter! That was an awful movie.

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You’re not wrong.

“Good Dog and Butter?”

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‘Cause they trained the doggos using their own tanks.

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According to the kremlin Ukraine has no porpoise.

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I’m guessing that like the paratroopers and the spetznatz, this unit’s reputation will turn out to have been exaggerated.

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