WAR EXPERIMENT
MAN WHO TRAINED SEA LIONS. The man who made th 0 strangest war experiment the world has ever known died lately at Ramsgate, aged 82. Captain James Wood-ward’s idea' was to train se a lion s to finj German submarines. He was given permission to commandee r all the sea lion® in the oountV’v. He tirst ascertained what ■ort of noise a submarine makes. Then he manufactured buzzers which made a similar .noise, and trained 6 ea’ lions to swim toward th. a at the word of command.
Muzzles made of pliano wire were fastened to the animals so that their attention should not be diverted by fish on the way. Th, e sea lions proved that they were more . efficient than sub-marine-detecting instruments. The German Navy then decided to operate their submarines in groups, which confused th s fi ea lions and made Captain Woodward’s experiment impracticable.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 March 1933, Page 2
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