Once again, life follow fiction. The George C. Scott movie "Day of the Dophin" was probably the first to speak to the possibility. And now there's a whole platoon of these rascals loose.
Are they pissed? Are they aggressive? Do they only kill their masters? Do they fall under the US Department of Fish & Wildlife's new "catch and disarm" program?
Note to self: no diving while in the Caribbean this coming year.
Link: Armed and dangerous - Flipper the firing dolphin let loose by Katrina.
Experts who have studied the US navy's cetacean training exercises claim the 36 mammals could be carrying 'toxic dart' guns. Divers and surfers risk attack, they claim, from a species considered to be among the planet's smartest. The US navy admits it has been training dolphins for military purposes, but has refused to confirm that any are missing.
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