And here I thought sea lions just slept all day long...

I came across this story on The Seattle Times website today about the possible deployment of Navy-trained sea lions and dolphins to Pugent Sound to bolster security of the naval station up there. I was aware that a U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program existed, but always thought this was more of a research-only group. Apparently, though, these animals have been deployed all over the world and do a pretty effective job of locating sea mines, divers, and other suspicious objects.

Now if only I could borrow one of them to help find all that loose change I dropped in the pool last summer.