Spike the California sea lion, a member of the U.S. Military Marine Mammal Program, is skilled to play a online game — a part of analysis into cognitive enrichment for animals in this system.
Jaime Ciciora
Flipper joins the army — Science Information, December 22, 1973
Porpoises, sea lions or even whales were skilled to retrieve dummy rockets and different gadgets from the ground of the sea…. The animals, guided through a homing tool, would raise grappling hooks to submerged gadgets.… However whales turned into too pricey and stored operating off to mate, so analysis now concentrates on smaller sea mammals similar to porpoises.
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Nowadays, the U.S. Military Marine Mammal Program, based totally in San Diego, trains bottlenosed dolphins and California sea lions to give protection to ships and harbors. Sea lions assist retrieve apparatus from the sea ground, dolphins find underwater mines and each species discover unauthorized swimmers. Animals in this system have additionally helped researchers perceive dolphin echolocation, assess the affects of human-generated noise on natural world and extra. Present initiatives are trying out whether or not it’s imaginable to pass judgement on dolphins’ well being in response to their whistles and whether or not a online game gadget can give Military sea lions with cognitive enrichment.
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