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More controversially, the Pentagon hopes to exploit sharks' natural ability to glide quietly through the water, sense delicate electrical gradients and follow chemical trails. By remotely guiding the sharks' movements, they hope to transform the animals into stealth spies, perhaps capable of following vessels without being spotted. The project, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), based in Arlington, Virginia, was presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, last week.
Originally posted by SteveR
Very unethical if you ask me. Remote controlling an animal for military purposes... I hate to think that these government scientists will come up with next.
Originally posted by apc
I dont see much of a problem with using sharks for military purposes. Theyre just fish.
And PETA would be thrilled to see fewer sharks preying on their dolphin lovers.
Originally posted by apc
I dont see much of a problem with using sharks for military purposes. Theyre just fish.
And PETA would be thrilled to see fewer sharks preying on their dolphin lovers.
Originally posted by 2manyquestions
(In case you're serious,)
Food is food
Think of them as janitors of the ocean.
Originally posted by apc
Originally posted by 2manyquestions
(In case you're serious,)
Not really. I just try not to pass up an opportunity to have fun with PETA.
Food is food
And fish is fish.
Think of them as janitors of the ocean.
If this program ever gets off the ground as a serious endeavor, I would imagine the sharks would be bred in captivity and cybernetic modification would begin at or before birth. The wild numbers would not be affected save the few that would need to be initially captured.
Originally posted by Ralph_The_Wonder_Llama
Actually, they couldn't get sharks.
They could only get sea bass.
But they ARE ill-tempered and have freakin' lasers strapped to their freakin' heads.
Originally posted by Shakeyjc
I don't know where to stand on this one. My first thought was that this is very unethical. However, i do go fishing and i'm supposing maybe i'm being a hypocrite if i say that this is wrong.