Secret Agent Tortoise?

[Raph's Girl]

http://mosnews.com/news/2005/11/09/spyingtortoises.shtml

Russian scientists have devised a way to recruit tortoises to serve the intelligence services, the NTV channel reported Wednesday. A professor from Rostov-on-Don says he can turn the animals into biological robots and train them for defense purposes.

Aleksei Burikov, head of the biology department at Rostov-on-Don State Pedagogical University, attaches special devices to the tortoise’s shell. The device makes the animal move in one or another direction or stop for a while through vibrations, thus forcing the tortoise to follow orders from humans.

Adding a small camera fixed to the tortoise’s shell allows the scientist to watch on the monitor what is happening around the tortoise’s location.

“Monitoring can be conducted both for environmental and defense purposes,” he added.

Raph's Girl note: How long tho before PETA, Green Peace, WWF, and all the other environmental groups decide this is a stupid idea? :roll: Controlling tortoises...uh why don't they you know...make actual robots?

[Turtledude2k3]

Sweet! Now the reptitles can take over the world..:evilgrin:

Plus we can cook them for turtle soup!:D

"Tonight, I dine on turtle soup!"

[Machias Banshee]

They've done it in the past (and probly up to today), using animals as soldiers and agents in their lil arms races and such.

Dolphins were used back then to rig bombs to enemy stations on and in the water. There was even a system where a dolphin would have a syringe of air that they would put onto the nose of the dolphin. They'd be taught to go after the frogmen and inject them.

But what they didn't realize was the amount of trauma the dolphins would go through when they'd see the men literally explode in their diving suits. :( They've Still got 'rehab centers' for the dolphins that have experienced this kind of thing...


and thats the history lesson for today :P

[Turtledude2k3]

They've done it in the past (and probly up to today), using animals as soldiers and agents in their lil arms races and such.

Dolphins were used back then to rig bombs to enemy stations on and in the water. There was even a system where a dolphin would have a syringe of air that they would put onto the nose of the dolphin. They'd be taught to go after the frogmen and inject them.

But what they didn't realize was the amount of trauma the dolphins would go through when they'd see the men literally explode in their diving suits. :( They've Still got 'rehab centers' for the dolphins that have experienced this kind of thing...


and thats the history lesson for today :P

wow that's harsh for the dolphins.

We humans have done bad things both to the enviorment and to the animal population.

But we have good things as well.

[VaughnMichael]

this all sounds pretty messed up and cruel to me....

[Katie]

I wonder if the bad guys would be tipped off...when they see a tortoise with a camera on its back :lol:

[Spitfire]

Inhumane! That's not right! And who wouldn't notice a turtle following them around? Espcailly if their not near water.

[Mobius One]

Thats some grade A thinking you ****ing dumbasses (the russians).

[BartAllen]

Wow, that sounds terrible. seriously terrible.

[Raph's Girl]

Inhumane! That's not right! And who wouldn't notice a turtle following them around? Espcailly if their not near water.

Well considering they're using TORTOISES I don't think the Russians are considering going near water since you know Tortoises are land based. :P

[Spitfire]

I know but they still like water. My friend had a pet Tortoise he loved it and it liked water.