7 insane ways animals have been weaponized for military purposes

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7 insane ways animals have been weaponized for military purposes

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BY CHRISTOPHER McFADDEN

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Dogs and horses were probably the first animals to be used in war, and many are still used by the military and police today.

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For thousands of years, humans have utilized animals as weapons in battle in some way or another. Let's learn.

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#1) Pigeons: During the Second World War, attempts were made the use pigeons to actually guide bombs.

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#2) Pigs: The Roman Republic used swarms of pigs to frighten away battle elephants since it was well-known that pigs scared elephants in antiquity.

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#3) Dogs: Dogs were initially trained to leave a timer-detonated bomb and flee.

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#4) Bats: Believe it or not, bats were once considered for utilization as a kind of incendiary bomb not so long ago.

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#5) Monkeys: In the absence of accurate laser-guided ordnance, monkeys were said to have been employed as live bombs during Southern Song Dynasty conflicts in ancient China.

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#6) Cats: Cats were once trialed as spying devices by the CIA under the “Acoustic Kitty” project in the Cold War era.

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5) The contamination spread to several areas of Europe Winds and rainfalls, radioactive contamination quickly spread to Russia, Belarus, and some parts of Scandinavia and southeast Europe.

#7) Dolphins: Since the 1960s, the U.S. Navy has been training bottlenose dolphins and sea lions to go on marine patrols.

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