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Linton
06-28-07, 03:38 AM
Believe it or not but this was tried and a recreation can be seen on BBC2 on Sunday evening!
http://living.scotsman.com/tv.cfm?id=1003432007
Reaves
06-28-07, 03:44 AM
Call me whatever you want but I think it would have worked. Maybe not as effectively as hoped for but birds would associate a sub with food.
robbo180265
06-28-07, 03:55 AM
Yeah, I could see it working too. Not as well as Q ships, but it could have helped.
Letum
06-28-07, 04:06 AM
Well, I think it would have worked some of the time....
However, there would have been many false alarms and I doubt it would have been a wise investment compared to other ASW tactics.

Plus....It wouldn't work at night!
Chock
06-28-07, 06:00 AM
Definitely not the stupidest suggestion for ASW in WW1, the one about effervescent salt made to Jellicoe wins my vote as the most desperately stupid one!

:D Chock
Oberon
06-28-07, 06:08 AM
So that's what the buggers are for in SHIII!!

I knew I should have flakked them!! :damn:
DAB
06-28-07, 06:16 AM
The whole Project is outlined in "1914-1918, Submarines at War" by Richard Compton-Hall
kiwi_2005
06-28-07, 06:33 AM
Didn't they try this with dophins one time.
Jimbuna
06-28-07, 07:00 AM
Yeah...but IIRC it also entailed strapping a mine to their back :down:
A bit like the dogs they used on the Eastern Front in WWII :yep:
Letum
06-28-07, 07:04 AM
Yeah...but IIRC it also entailed strapping a mine to their back :down:
A bit like the dogs they used on the Eastern Front in WWII :yep:

Not a bad idea, I would rather have 1 million dead dolphins/dogs than 1 dead human.
Jimbuna
06-28-07, 08:55 AM
Yeah...but IIRC it also entailed strapping a mine to their back :down:
A bit like the dogs they used on the Eastern Front in WWII :yep:

Not a bad idea, I would rather have 1 million dead dolphins/dogs than 1 dead human.

I'd rather see neither killed....man often has a choice before he gets involved in warfare....animals seldom if ever do :nope:
bradclark1
06-28-07, 09:11 AM
Not a bad idea, I would rather have 1 million dead dolphins/dogs than 1 dead human.
You obviously don't know some of the humans I know.
lesrae
06-28-07, 03:00 PM
Not a bad idea, I would rather have 1 million dead dolphins/dogs than 1 dead human.

Don't agree, never saw a dog kill another over their difference in beliefs.
Linton
06-28-07, 05:52 PM
I heard a story once about a boat that was given away by a flock of seagulls all standing on a floating wire in the middle of the ocean.
Tchocky
06-28-07, 05:53 PM
The moddle is dangerous ground for sub skippers
Linton
06-28-07, 05:54 PM
The pedant of the day award goes to.....
Tchocky
06-28-07, 06:03 PM
The pedant of the day award goes to.....

Paul! (http://www.alfaowner.com/Forum/rant-room/76681-parent-and-toddler-parking-bays-2.html#post1083891)
Yahoshua
06-28-07, 11:58 PM
Not a bad idea, I would rather have 1 million dead dolphins/dogs than 1 dead human.

Don't agree, never saw a dog kill another over their difference in beliefs.


That's right, they kill eachother over territory!!

(Hides behind couch)
lesrae
06-29-07, 12:24 AM
That's right, they kill eachother over territory!!

(Hides behind couch)

And bones ;)

Back on topic, sound like a fairly logical idea - I'll have to watch Coast on Sunday.
August
06-29-07, 12:51 AM
Not a bad idea, I would rather have 1 million dead dolphins/dogs than 1 dead human.
Don't agree, never saw a dog kill another over their difference in beliefs.
Dogs most definitely do kill each other over their beliefs just like any other social predator. It's just their beliefs aren't dressed up with fancy terms like humans are wont do do. To dogs it's just "if it's them or us, the pack is everything".

Really, I think if dogs could talk to us they would agree with Letum in principle, though not in proportion. The reason dogs and humans get along so well is that both species are willing to consider the other as part of their pack.