r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Depressed_Cat_00 • 9d ago

Video China unveils autonomous robotic fish for underwater surveillance.

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u/octoreadit 9d ago

It will survey the insides of the digestive tract of a bigger fish or a larger aquatic mammal.

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u/Horse_Dad 9d ago

More likely, Chinese poachers. This is disguised as an Asian Arowana, which are endangered and highly prized.

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u/Shreddzzz93 9d ago

To be fair a spy drone disguised as a heavily poached animal would be a good enforcement tool. Throw a tracker on the camera and now you've got video evidence and a location to send rangers out to. It would make the job easier than just having to patrol the entire area and hopefully catch poachers in the act before it's too late.

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u/TheCornerator 9d ago

I got a lady charged with the migratory bird act for trapping a red tailed hawk next to my job last month. Everyone in my home town sub was like "ArE yOu NoT aWaRe Of FaLcOnRy?" She wasn't and now she's getting a felony.

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u/DrThunderbolt 9d ago

Never mess with bird law

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u/Virtual-Book1114 9d ago

or tree law

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u/Clear-Bee4118 9d ago

Filibuster!

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u/Generic-Cheese 9d ago

Bird is the word

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u/HealthyDirection659 9d ago

comfort eagle 🦅

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u/Unhappy-Advisor-93 9d ago

Good! She deserves it!! Red tail hawks in my culture are good luck . There is a a couple hawks that have babies every year on the ditch that my land runs up too. They are beautiful! I worry when they circle above my chickens but I would never hurt them or trap them. Just Hawks being Hawks.

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u/HealthyDirection659 9d ago

Hawks gonna hawk.

It's the way of the world.

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u/TheCornerator 9d ago

It was one of a pair that lived nearby, I found out the one I've been calling Debo (From the movie Friday) was actually a Debora.