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"Thies, is spy turr-tool."

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Fuckin' NSA spyin' on everyone.

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Translation of dolphin-speak: "Eh, look at this robot turtle. Pretty good! Almost had me fooled from a distance."

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They can immediately tell it's not real through use of their sonar, which gives them an ultrasound-like picture of the insides of it.

I imagine that's why they find it so fascinating. Had they thought it the real deal, they wouldn't be paying any special attention to it. If the goal of the program was to document natural behavior, it's died aborning.

I was thinking the same thing; for dolphins, which live in an acoustic, not visual world, I wonder if all the coloration and stuff even makes a difference; I mean, to the dolphin's sonar, unless it's been very careful matched, fiberglass/plastic can't be bouncing the same as a flesh and shell---or can they?
Still, cool. Because dolphins, the jesters of the deep...

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http://jdp.co.uk/programmes/dolphins-spy-in-the-pod

"The Spy Creatures were designed to infiltrate the dolphins’ hidden lives by looking like the marine creatures a dolphin might encounter in their everyday lives. The intention wasn’t to fool them, they’re far too clever for that! These novel devices tweaked the curiosity of the dolphin pods, encouraging the dolphins to let them into their lives, allowing them to capture behaviour that has never been seen before."