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Beringia

(4,316 posts)
Sun Jan 12, 2014, 01:59 PM Jan 2014

Dolphins, Spy in the Pod

Last edited Sat Feb 8, 2014, 11:46 PM - Edit history (1)


Episode 1 was on youtube in Jan 2014, but has been taken down as of Feb 2014. Not on Amazon yet.


Film-makers have infiltrated the ocean with secret cameras to capture dolphin behaviour in the wild as it has never been seen before. They enlisted a menagerie of creatures, such as a molluscs, sea turtle and squid, with hidden lenses to get up close and personal for a new BBC natural history programme.

Series director John Downer and producer Rob Pilley


Interview with Authors
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25547301


Robots Explained
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/robot-dolphins-turtles-shellfish-used-2951264






The filmmakers have also done a spy film on penguins and tigers

Amazon Spy Collection
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HAM67CG


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Dolphins, Spy in the Pod (Original Post) Beringia Jan 2014 OP
Amazing cantbeserious Jan 2014 #1
That was wonderful!! Thank you! pnwest Jan 2014 #2
do the dolphins KNOW they are being spied on? Voice for Peace Jan 2014 #3
From what the makers said Beringia Jan 2014 #5
aha.. they are more intelligent than humans, clearly. Voice for Peace Jan 2014 #6
ooh this looks so good.. bookmarking Voice for Peace Jan 2014 #4

Beringia

(4,316 posts)
5. From what the makers said
Sun Jan 12, 2014, 06:04 PM
Jan 2014

“Dolphins are among the most intelligent animals on the planet. They tested the ­robots with their sonar scans and clearly knew that they were not the real thing. But they were not spooked by them.

“And once they had become accustomed to them they showed a healthy curiosity. This was vitally important in filming an animal that is always on the move.


 

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
6. aha.. they are more intelligent than humans, clearly.
Sun Jan 12, 2014, 06:33 PM
Jan 2014

if they had created a human robot and sent it among us
to spy on us, we would not show a healthy curiosity
methinks. we would test it with our sonar scans
capture it and start levying sanctions or start a
war.

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