A Navy dolphin found a rare, 130-year-old torpedo at the bottom of the ocean!
The 11-foot-long (3.3 meters) weapon was discovered back in March during a mine-hunting exercise that the Space and Naval warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) was conducting with bottle nose
dolphins.
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| English: Three Bottlenose Dolphins |
Dolphins use their natural sonar, called echolocation, to determine the size and shape of underwater objects by sending out a series of clicks that bounce off their targets and boomerang back to them. The marine mammals can be trained to report what they have found to human handlers using certain yes or no responses. Handlers can then investigate what the dolphins find by sending the animals to mark an object's location with a weighted buoy line.
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| A Navy dolphin found a rare, 130-year-old torpedo at the bottom of the ocean! |
