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You really are having a sub-themed-week! I like the sound of the idea, but don't think it's entirely practical. Training marine creatures to fight out battles IS an interesting idea, and I'm sure there was something to do with the US Navy using Dolphins to help detect mines. However, you miss the vital detail; HOW would you train an octopus to do a task it might be otherwise disinclined to perform? |
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I thought they trained Navy personell to use submarines for exactly this purpose. |
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Captain Fred Woodward(Joe) hit on the bright idea of training seals to hunt German submarines.Some were got, and the fun started. But the brightest, 'Billikin', disappeared in the Channel on a training run. Notices were sent out offering a big reward for his capture. He would answer to his name. For some time afterwards, people could be heard on the Sussex coast calling out his name Billikin. Billikin never returned. |
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Probably slapped around by its prehensile tentacles. |
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Arggh! Silly but funny. + |
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Nice idea... but I thought Octopuses didn't have any nueral structure? Or something to that matter... I forgot... |
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Disney war report: 15 injured as yellow submarine is attacked entering octopus' garden at 20,000 leagues under the sea. |
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The title made me think of people carrying around an octopus in a small bowl to throw at a potential attacker. I like the idea of a mugger with one wrapped around his face. |
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I think the real virtue to your idea though is the camoflage properties inherent in these creatures. |
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I'm pretty sure a submarine launched torpedo would blow an enemy octopus into calamari. But that's okay, because the military is now developing the stealth octopus for these sort of missions. |
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In the future, the US navy will field a fleet entirely made up of friendly sea creatures. Tremble as our battle crabs and destroyer starfishes creep up in a deadly tide towards your shores! |
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I like this idea. Pure whimsy. |
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