Dolphins trained by the former Soviet navy to attack warships and enemy frogmen have been sold to Iran by a Russian entrepreneur. Boris Zhurid both trained and cared for his lethal mammals but was forced to liquidate his menagerie due to a lack of funding. A number of other marine animals were sold to Iran as well. There seems to be a Russian penchant for using animals as combatants. In World War II, they employed so-called "mine dogs," which were laden with explosives and trained to run under German tanks.
Flipper's Da Bomb
Dolphins trained by the former Soviet navy to attack warships and enemy frogmen have been sold to Iran by a Russian entrepreneur. Boris Zhurid both trained and cared for his lethal mammals but was forced to liquidate his menagerie due to a lack of funding. A number of other marine animals were sold to Iran as well. There seems to be a Russian penchant for using animals as combatants. In World War II, they employed so-called "mine dogs," which were laden with explosives and trained to run under German tanks.
