From the San Fran Chronicle: Some dolphins used by the Navy to track down mines will soon lose their jobs to robots — but they'll be reassigned, not retired.
Starting
in 2017, 24 of the Navy's 80 military-trained dolphins will be replaced
by a 12-foot unmanned torpedo-shaped vehicle, according to UT San Diego
(http://bit.ly/VbJkA0).
The
military said the machines can do some of the same mine-hunting duties
as the sea creatures. And they can be manufactured quickly, unlike the
seven years it takes to train a dolphin.
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