1. Ukraine Brings Back Naval Killer Dolphins Author: Daniel Munoz Source: Newsy.com By: Claire Couvillion

2. The Ukrainian Navy has restarted special training for Dolphins and other animals for military duties including: -Attacking Enemy Combat Swimmers -Detecting Mines

3. Dolphins were trained at Sevastopol for the Soviet Navy as far back as 1973. They were trained to find military equipment such as: -sea mines on the seabed They even carry explosives on their heads to plant on enemy ships!

4. Their tasks include: - patrolling stretches of water -detecting items of military interest -marking them by attaching floating buoys

5. Several exercises have already been carried out this year with the dolphins in finding: - Underwater weapons both in aquariums and out

6. “Our Dolphins found the items and attached devices to them which were fixed on their heads. After which a buoy was sent to the surface to mark it” the source said.

7. The Ukraine Dolphin Base is ONE of only TWO in the world, other being in the San Diego, California.

8. QUIZ!!!! 1: Around what year did the Soviet Navy start training Dolphins? - 1973 2: What are the Dolphins supposed to FIND? - Underwater Weapons 3: Where else in the world is the OTHER Dolphin base? - San Diego, California