Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/real-science-how-dolphins-protect-the-us-navy New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscience Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephaniesamma Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann Thank you to our Patreon supporters: KMSkipper96 Credits: Writer/Narrator/Editor: Stephanie Sammann Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net/) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel) Producer: Brian McManus (null) References: [1] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2020/06/marine-biologist-audun-rikardsen-swims-with-russian-spy-beluga-whale/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_Marine_Mammal_Program [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFu_ef9XypY [4] https://rannsoknasetur.hi.is/sites/rannsoknasetur.hi.is/files/myndirhusavik/source_levels_of_clicks_from_free-ranging_white-beaked_dolphins.pdf [5] https://dosits.org/science/sounds-in-the-sea/what-are-common-underwater-sounds/ [6] https://dosits.org/science/movement/sofar-channel/sound-travel-in-the-sofar-channel/ [7] https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/19/world/war-gulf-overview-2-us-ships-badly-damaged-iraqi-mines-persian-gulf.html [8] https://doi.org/10.1117/12.280845 [9] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0893608095000526 [10] https://asa.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1121/1.385015 [11]https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mine-hunting-dolphin-awol-in-iraq/