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    5 thoughts on “armed dolphins heading your way”

    1. Tore Vesterby

      Trust me, armed dolphins are not a hoax or even sci-fi. I have an old friend who has been on training missions with these “animal operatives”. He claims they are ¸berhardcore and very, very expensive to train and maintain. So you’re still in the boring old three dimensions of the Milky Way, Jill. Sorry to disappoint you.

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    2. JosÈ Angel

      O my… I foresee combined armies of chimps and robots. Please disappoint me!

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    3. trond

      I’m afraid we’ve all slipped into a parallell universe. Check this.

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    4. nick

      It gives a whole new meaning to the phrase Navy SEAL.”

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    5. John Norvell

      Huge discussion of this on Slashdot this week.

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