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Acid, Actresses, and Defectors: Inside the Bizarre History of Marine Mammal Spies

THE HUNT FOR RED BELUGA

From acid-dropping dolphin researchers to top-secret Soviet circus trainers, the history of marine mammals serving as underwater spies is deeply weird.

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