Dr. Stephanie Venn-Watson

Right, well, that was the key question, right? It really, you hit the nail on the head. That moved over to the Navy, ended up spending 20 years there, 10 full years working with the Navy's dolphins with the pure goal of improving Navy dolphin health. So they live, Navy dolphins, they live in San Diego Bay, go out into the open ocean every day. Every day they choose to come back.

Right, well, that was the key question, right? It really, you hit the nail on the head. That moved over to the Navy, ended up spending 20 years there, 10 full years working with the Navy's dolphins with the pure goal of improving Navy dolphin health. So they live, Navy dolphins, they live in San Diego Bay, go out into the open ocean every day. Every day they choose to come back.

So it's a pretty nice environment with regard to quality of life.

So it's a pretty nice environment with regard to quality of life.

So it's a pretty nice environment with regard to quality of life.

Yeah. It's pretty amazing, right? So they live in the open ocean. That's their pod. So they choose to be there. And it meant a lot to me as a veterinarian. I didn't know how I'd feel.

Yeah. It's pretty amazing, right? So they live in the open ocean. That's their pod. So they choose to be there. And it meant a lot to me as a veterinarian. I didn't know how I'd feel.

Yeah. It's pretty amazing, right? So they live in the open ocean. That's their pod. So they choose to be there. And it meant a lot to me as a veterinarian. I didn't know how I'd feel.

Right. Yeah. So it ends up that they're really good at being able to find underwater objects that we can't see very well. And so they've done humanitarian demining missions in the Mediterranean where they're able to find buried mines.

Right. Yeah. So it ends up that they're really good at being able to find underwater objects that we can't see very well. And so they've done humanitarian demining missions in the Mediterranean where they're able to find buried mines.

Right. Yeah. So it ends up that they're really good at being able to find underwater objects that we can't see very well. And so they've done humanitarian demining missions in the Mediterranean where they're able to find buried mines.

target it they um they you know mark it and then humans come in and things left over from world war ii or whatever right exactly so they have now made entire areas of the world safe uh which is amazing they can also find underwater swimmers uh enemy swimmers and be able to interdict and put a leg cuff on those swimmers and they get reeled up by their human counterparts so

target it they um they you know mark it and then humans come in and things left over from world war ii or whatever right exactly so they have now made entire areas of the world safe uh which is amazing they can also find underwater swimmers uh enemy swimmers and be able to interdict and put a leg cuff on those swimmers and they get reeled up by their human counterparts so

target it they um they you know mark it and then humans come in and things left over from world war ii or whatever right exactly so they have now made entire areas of the world safe uh which is amazing they can also find underwater swimmers uh enemy swimmers and be able to interdict and put a leg cuff on those swimmers and they get reeled up by their human counterparts so

Yeah. Yeah. In case they were in nefarious areas, the Navy dolphins are there to help. So what they, for them, their job is easy peasy, right? They have echolocation. They're able to do these things. And the program has been so successful being able to deploy the dolphins all over the world and have them stay, right? That that has allowed, you know, this program has been around for 60 years.

Yeah. Yeah. In case they were in nefarious areas, the Navy dolphins are there to help. So what they, for them, their job is easy peasy, right? They have echolocation. They're able to do these things. And the program has been so successful being able to deploy the dolphins all over the world and have them stay, right? That that has allowed, you know, this program has been around for 60 years.

Yeah. Yeah. In case they were in nefarious areas, the Navy dolphins are there to help. So what they, for them, their job is easy peasy, right? They have echolocation. They're able to do these things. And the program has been so successful being able to deploy the dolphins all over the world and have them stay, right? That that has allowed, you know, this program has been around for 60 years.

Amazing. they've had a sustained population of 100 bottlenose dolphins. So that has resulted in what we're talking about today with regard to this unprecedented patient population that gets older, like you had mentioned, that in the wild, dolphins live to about 20. At the Navy, they're living into their 50s and even up to 60 years old.

Amazing. they've had a sustained population of 100 bottlenose dolphins. So that has resulted in what we're talking about today with regard to this unprecedented patient population that gets older, like you had mentioned, that in the wild, dolphins live to about 20. At the Navy, they're living into their 50s and even up to 60 years old.

Amazing. they've had a sustained population of 100 bottlenose dolphins. So that has resulted in what we're talking about today with regard to this unprecedented patient population that gets older, like you had mentioned, that in the wild, dolphins live to about 20. At the Navy, they're living into their 50s and even up to 60 years old.