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I want to know more details about a "war dolphin", but the Internet doesn't seem to know about it.

I remember that! The ancient Greek dolphin is described pretty well here:

https://books.google.com/books?id=cauMt9vJLs0C&lpg=PA162&dq=...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_(weapon)

It made me think of the William Gibson short story "Johnny Mnemonic" (the original story, not the almost-unrecognizable movie version).

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