/sci/ - Science & Math

>>4229834

They are fellow sentient beings. And the only other species on our level that lives on this planet. They're a little dumb by our standards but smart enough that with the same education humans get, they would not be noticeably any less functional or competent than anyone else. IQ of maybe 85-90. We've used them as soldiers since vietnam (pic related), it's time we recognized them as valid persons and gave something back.

It's fine, we're fine, they don't even have hands so it's not like they can sabotage our subs or plant bombs, so-

Oh.

The Navy has a history of outfitting dolphins with things like hydraulic graspers, dart guns and so on for their weaponized marine mammal program. Yes, we have such a thing, look it up. We actually give dolphins guns.

>>3589931

>The only way to figure this out is to genetically engineer some with limbs which can manipulate objects.

You mean something like this?

>>2341573

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_dolphin

You should see what they can do with a robotic claw prosthetic on their nose. Pic related.