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I've actually often wondered when they'd eventually use animals in these conflicts, if somebody hasn't before. Although I was thinking some poor dog or something with a Dark Knight-style Joker stomach bomb :oops:

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/03/exploding_donkey/

I've actually often wondered when they'd eventually use animals in these conflicts, if somebody hasn't before. Although I was thinking some poor dog or something with a Dark Knight-style Joker stomach bomb :oops:


Didn’t we used to train dolphins to fix mines to the bottoms of German boats? I can’t imagine any of those coming out in one piece.

QI last night educated me in the use of seagulls in anti U-Boat action in WWI (though, from what Mr Fry told us, this was a big FAIL).

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pcernie wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/03/exploding_donkey/

I've actually often wondered when they'd eventually use animals in these conflicts, if somebody hasn't before. Although I was thinking some poor dog or something with a Dark Knight-style Joker stomach bomb :oops:


Didn’t we used to train dolphins to fix mines to the bottoms of German boats? I can’t imagine any of those coming out in one piece.

QI last night educated me in the use of seagulls in anti U-Boat action in WWI (though, from what Mr Fry told us, this was a big FAIL).


I saw that on Coast too. Something about training sea gulls to associate submarines with being fed, and yes it was a major fail. :mrgreen:

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I've actually often wondered when they'd eventually use animals in these conflicts, if somebody hasn't before. Although I was thinking some poor dog or something with a Dark Knight-style Joker stomach bomb :oops:

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On last nights QI, they said that in WW1 we trained seagulls to flock towards periscopes. That way we'd know where the German subs were before they surfaced.

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So in between ****ing the donkeys they find time to strap explosives to them.

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So in between ****ing the donkeys they find time to strap explosives to them.

Maybe it's like a Napoleonic musket? You need a ram rod to get the ammunition in.

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