5 Fun Facts About Animal Warfare
1. The United States military were planning on using Cat Bombs during World War 2. As crazy as it sounds, it's true. The plan was simple: Strap a bomb to a cat with a parachute - yep, parachuting bomb cats - and throw the cat out of a plane. It was theorized that cats would guide the bombs down onto an enemy ship, as they hated water and would do anything to avoid landing in it. Luckily, the idea never got out of the testing stages, as the they found the cats tended to pass out during the fall. If successful, each cat would have been used nine times, I suppose. 2. The Russians used dogs to blow up tanks. There seems to be a thing with using animals to deliver bombs during the Second World War. The Russian army took a lot of time training their dogs to blow up German tanks. They spent months teaching the dogs to run underneath the tanks with a bomb strapped to their backs. The training consisted of placing treats beneath the tank,...