Whales, geckos and the world's most exotic military spies

Not only whales, intelligence agencies around the world may have used pigeons, cats, eagles, pelicans . for spy missions.

The Norwegian event found that whales wearing special equipment from Russia once again reinforce the rumor about the country's spy animal training program.According to Insider, Viktor Baranets, a Russian military colonel, once replied on television that the country did not use whales as spies but trained them for combat purposes.

Since the 1960s, the US Navy has used dolphins to find underwater mines and detect submarines.Russia has also trained dolphins for similar tasks.In 2015, Hamas accused Israel of using a dolphin to track them, although it was explained that the equipment attached to the dolphin was only intended to understand their migration process.

Sea lions have great eyesight, like dolphins, they are very good at finding underwater objects or lost devices.The US Navy uses dolphins to find equipment such as non-military mines for pilot reconnaissance missions, according to National Geographic.

Doves were used for military communication purposes from ancient times.In modern history, they are trained to spy on the enemy situation, carrying missile guidance equipment.According to Smithsonian magazine, during the 1960s and 1970s, the US military used pigeons to fly over enemy territory and prevent possible ambushes by dropping the recording device when seeing enemy troops. .Pakistan is also accused of using pigeons for the purpose of spying on India.

Smithsonian magazine also revealed that the US used crows similar to pigeons for reconnaissance missions.They are very good at detecting specimens, so they can be used to detect enemy warriors.Compared to pigeons, crows have power, can carry larger equipment or pick up relatively large items.

In the 1960s, the CIA spent about $ 10 million on cat surgery , making them portable recording devices to spy on the situation inside the Soviet embassy.However, this Acoustic Kitty project was canceled in 1967 because "cat-spies" often wandered around, not doing their "mission".

In 2016, New Scienceist magazine reported that the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) planned to control remote sharks by implanting electrodes into their brains.These sharks will be used for submarine tracking purposes.

Iran has accused Israel of using squirrels to make military warplanes."In recent weeks, intelligence activists have arrested 14 squirrels in the border of Iran," the state news agency IRNA reported."Squirrels are carrying spy equipment from foreign agencies and are stopped before they can act."

In 2018, Hassan Firuzabadi, senior military advisor to Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Western intelligence agencies tried to smuggle a chameleon into the country.He said they could detect uranium mines.However, zoologists have said that geckos absolutely do not have that ability.

In 2011, a Saudi hunter captured a Griffon vulture tagged with "Tel Aviv University" on his leg.Local newspapers argue conspiracy that Israel uses birds to spy.A year later, it was Sudan's turn to find a vulture that wore a device containing Jewish words.Recently, a faction in the Yemeni civil war accused another faction of using Griffon vultures to spy.

In the 1970s, Sudan also accused Israel's Mosad intelligence agency of using pelicans for reconnaissance purposes.By 2011, the country has caught a pelican with GPS attached to the Jewish state.However, scientists also confirmed that the bird was used for research purposes.

In 2011, the Hezbollah warriors shot down a rare Bonelli eagle . The media of this organization view the bird as an Israeli spy. However, Professor Yossi Leshem, a bird researcher at Tel Aviv University, who attached the GPS tracking device to it, confirmed that it was used in scientific research. " Unfortunately, this bird made a stupid mistake when moving to Lebanon."

A conspiracy theory about the use of animals for scouting purposes also appeared in Turkey in 2012. Villagers in the south-east of this country found a common bee-eating bird in Europe wearing a metal ring. the type around the foot marks "Israel".

In 2013, the kestrel was accused of spying on Israel.In Lebanon, Hezbollah-controlled Al-Manar broadcaster says it has found a bird cut with Israeli intelligence agencies.A similar individual was discovered in Turkey, but the authorities checked and confirmed the device it was carrying was not capable of signaling to Tel Aviv.