Excerpt from the December 22, 1973 concern of Science Information
Spike the California sea lion, a member of the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program, is educated to play a online game — a part of analysis into cognitive enrichment for animals in this system.
Jaime Ciciora
Flipper joins the navy — Science Information, December 22, 1973
Porpoises, sea lions and even whales have been educated to retrieve dummy rockets and different objects from the underside of the ocean…. The animals, guided by a homing machine, would carry grappling hooks to submerged objects.… However whales turned too costly and saved working off to mate, so analysis now concentrates on smaller sea mammals comparable to porpoises.
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At present, the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program, primarily based in San Diego, trains bottlenosed dolphins and California sea lions to guard ships and harbors. Sea lions assist retrieve tools from the ocean flooring, dolphins find underwater mines and each species detect unauthorized swimmers. Animals in this system have additionally helped researchers perceive dolphin echolocation, assess the impacts of human-generated noise on wildlife and extra. Present initiatives are testing whether or not it’s doable to decide dolphins’ well being primarily based on their whistles and whether or not a online game system can present Navy sea lions with cognitive enrichment.
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