Dolphins to the Rescue!

It appears that even dolphins are against Pirates. No not the Miami Dolphins hating on the Pittsburgh Pirates but a group of dolphins coming to the rescue of a Chinese ship. The heroic act took place in the Gulf of Aden where thousands of dolphins blocked the Chinese vessel as Somali pirate ships moved in.

It looks like Flipper has moved on to doing peace work for the Chinese now. In an interview with the leader of the rogue dolphins Flipper had this to say "eeeh eeeeh uuuhhh eeeeh uuuuhh uuuuhh!"

Through a translator Flipper also said that no more attacks will be tolerated and him and the rest of his comrades will use deadly force if provoked. Heavy hitting stuff.

Being a pirate isn't what it used to be...

Because if you pick on navy vessels, you get owned.

Pirates caught redhanded by one of Her Majesty’s warships after trying to hijack a cargo ship off Somalia made the grave mistake of opening fire on two Royal Navy assault craft packed with commandos armed with machineguns and SA80 rifles.

In the ensuing gunfight, two Somali pirates in a Yemeni-registered fishing dhow were killed, and a third pirate, believed to be a Yemeni, suffered injuries and subsequently died. It was the first time the Royal Navy had been engaged in a fatal shoot-out on the high seas in living memory.

By the time the Royal Marines boarded the pirates’ vessel, the enemy had lost the will to fight and surrendered quietly. The Royal Navy described the boarding as “compliant”.

I'm not criminal mastermind but if you're floating around in a stolen fishing dingey, you might want to give it up when commandos show up. Just a thought.