Ukrainian "attack" dolphins may be on the loose and looking for love, according to a source familiar with the country's rumored secret military training program.
On Tuesday, Russian state media agency RIA Novosti reported that three dolphins had escaped from a Ukrainian naval training base in Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsula. The mammals were possibly in search of suitable mates.
The United States Navy has trained animals through its own Marine Mammal Program for decades.
However, on its website, the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program categorically denies that any of its dolphins were ever trained to kill, writing that "the Navy does not now train, nor has it ever trained, its marine mammals to harm or injure humans in any fashion or to carry weapons to destroy ships."
The site adds that such a move would be dangerous to everyone involved, as "dolphins cannot discern the difference between enemy and friendly vessels, or enemy and friendly divers and swimmers."
Watch the video below to learn how dolphins are helping the U.S. Navy:
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