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Acoustic Kitty - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 months ago by Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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Robert Wallace, a former director of the Office of Technical Service, who said that the project was abandoned due to the difficulty of training the cat to behave as required

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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

"The cat was released nearby, but was hit and allegedly killed by a taxi almost immediately."

Amazing.

[–] Paraponera_clavata@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This sorta suggests there are stray dogs with microphones in their ears.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 3 points 3 months ago

Dogs would totally give themselves away by approaching the target, sitting right next to them, then tail wagging and looking directly towards the handler before finally running back for their treats.