<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f3f7ffaf-a2d9-4e31-9602-4faea8bde297/E002172D-830D-400C-B975-069F06C32776/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/13/the-trained-dolphins-next-trick-arresting-aquatic-terrorists/" href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/13/the-trained-dolphins-next-trick-arresting-aquatic-terrorists/" style="font-size: 11px;">blogs.discovermagazine.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/13/the-trained-dolphins-next-trick-arresting-aquatic-terrorists/"><H2><A title="Permanent Link: The Trained Dolphin’s Next Trick: Arresting Aquatic Terrorists" rel="bookmark" href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/13/the-trained-dolphins-next-trick-arresting-aquatic-terrorists/">The Trained Dolphin’s Next Trick: Arresting Aquatic Terrorists</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/13/the-trained-dolphins-next-trick-arresting-aquatic-terrorists/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.discovermagazine.com/img/64C87E51-B7AF-4D43-8937-6A93739E5112" alt="bottlenose dolphins" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/13/the-trained-dolphins-next-trick-arresting-aquatic-terrorists/">If the U.S. Navy has its way, <A href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/tag/dolphins/">dolphins</A> and sea lions will soon be patrolling Puget Sound to protect some of the nation’s most sophisticated submarines from possible <A href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/tag/weapons-security/">terrorist</A> attacks. But although the animals have already been through boot camp and are on the job in other parts of the world, Washington State animal lovers and environmentalists are concerned that dolphins and sea lions are ill-suited for conditions in Puget Sound. <FONT color="#1c39bb">Animal rights activists are worried dolphins will suffer in the cold waters and environmentalists worry the local habitat may suffer from the droppings of these patrollers [<A target="_blank" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29154110/">MSNBC</A>]. </FONT>The Navy is currently holding public hearings in Seattle and towns along the Puget Sound, a</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/13/the-trained-dolphins-next-trick-arresting-aquatic-terrorists/">nd has said it will make a decision by October.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/13/the-trained-dolphins-next-trick-arresting-aquatic-terrorists/">The <A href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/tag/Defense-Department/">Navy</A> says dolphins and sea lions make great marine sentries, and are more capable of detecting a lone diver approaching</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/13/the-trained-dolphins-next-trick-arresting-aquatic-terrorists/">a submarine than the most</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/13/the-trained-dolphins-next-trick-arresting-aquatic-terrorists/">advanced technology.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E002172D-830D-400C-B975-069F06C32776/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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