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What is an animal weapon?

Dolphins are specially trained to perform certain tasks. After the dolphins were launched, on the screen, people saw dolphins patrolling and searching in the designated sea area. When it finds an underwater armed man, it will immediately send a signal to the animal trainer.

After receiving the instructions, the dolphins attacked the enemy with weapons tied to their heads. The weapon on its head is a miniature bottle with an injection needle, which is filled with anesthetic liquid. A small bottle is worn on the nose and mouth of a dolphin. Once an intruder is found, he will attack with an injection needle and push the other person into the water in a coma. ...

The orientation, position and sensory organs of marine mammals are very developed. The drama "Underwater Dolphin Patrol" takes advantage of this feature. From 1967 to 1968, the US Navy used dolphins to search for mines on the seabed. During the three-day search, a dolphin found and marked 17 mines under the conditions of 4 ~ 5 knots of waves and wind speed 14m/s, which was twice as efficient as a mine search team.

Animals act as "weapons" far more than dolphins. In World War II, the Soviet Union trained "bomb-carrying dogs" who specialized in drilling tanks, while the United States spent millions of dollars tying incendiary bombs and timing devices to bats in preparation for "attacking" Japanese cities.

On the battlefield in Vietnam, the US military also used mine-sweeping dogs. When the military dog finds the explosive and catches the detonation, it will immediately retreat for half a meter and lie down, and then continue to mine. Dogs have a special sense of smell, and sometimes they can accomplish reconnaissance tasks that even sonar or radar can't, such as finding divers.

Modern military pigeons are not only "signal soldiers" but also "scouts". One kind of "reconnaissance pigeon" carries a radio direction indicator.

When it sees a hidden person or military facility in the air, it will land immediately and send information such as landing position and orientation to the reconnaissance patrol that keeps a certain distance behind it by radio. Some countries even put cameras on military pigeons and flew to each other's positions for aerial photography and intelligence gathering.

The special functions of some animals cannot be imitated artificially; Modern equipment can't play its skills in special occasions. For example, when the radio station at the frontier post breaks down, or the radio station is not allowed to be used when sneaking behind enemy lines, military pigeons can carry password information and complete contact tasks at a speed of tens of kilometers per hour.