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Navy Set to Deploy a New Breed of Sailor

By Sharon WeinbergerDec 9th 2009 – 4:34PM
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(Dec. 9) -- A critical part of the U.S. nuclear arsenal is about to get an elite guard force. Specially trained dolphins will be deployed in January to the Naval Base Kitsap in Washington state, where the mammals will help protect Trident submarines. They reason for using the dolphins is simple: So far, the U.S. Navy...

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  • 07/21/11 Public invited to help count Bottlenose dolphins Source: Ocean City Today - Ocean City MD Jennifer Dittmar, stranding coordinator for the Baltimore National Aquarium's Marine Animal Rescue Program, second from left, and volunteers, from left, Jerry Beard, Nathan Durman and Michele White, and Amber White, assistant trainer at the aquarium, scan the ocean at 40th Street for Atlantic bottlenose dolphin last year.
  • 06/30/11 Annual dolphin count coming up Source: Worcester County Times - Worcester MD Dolphins are no rare sight for locals and people visiting Ocean City and Assateague.
  • 02/28/11 Dolphin turns 58 at Marineland Source: Javno - Croatia A Florida theme park said its Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Nellie, believed to be the oldest in human care, marked her 58th birthday with a fish and ice cake.
  • 02/15/11 Minnesota Zoo mourns the loss of its oldest dolphin Source: Sun Current - Apple Valley MN The Minnesota Zoo is mourning the loss of its "grandma dolphin."

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