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Manatees are often wounded or killed by
speedboats ignoring speed limits in
manatee habitats and slicing them with
the boat propellers. The pilots of the boats
dont care much, because it does not hurt
the boat. I propose decoy manatees that
are made of steel that would shred a boats
prop
in a collision. Just the possibility of
one of these collisions-which are easy to
avoid if you are not speeding and
watching the water as you are required to-
would inspire safer piloting.
Scruffy
http://espn.go.com/..._decoy_Freeman.html
"His hide no longer stretches over the ear molds and the neck sports an open scar as long as a rifle barrel. Exit wounds form finger-sized holes in his back, and his left front leg has been shot off so many times it's about to collapse." [Klaatu, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 17 2004]
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Couldn’t they explode too? <boat non-owner> |
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If they exploded, they would not go on to shred another boat. |
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Wildly irrresponsible, but I like it. |
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Beware - Potential trademark infringement suit by the makers of Mineabirds. |
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A bit extreme, but as a freediver who spends a lot of time watching for fish and listening for boats at the same time, it's amusing. |
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And so the world filled up with decoy divers and decoy seals, decoy elephants, decoy Iraqi policemen... |
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... And thus began the most widley-prosperous time for all mannequin manufacturers and taxedermists the world had ever seen ... |
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Actually now that I think of it they dont
even have to destroy the boat, perhaps
they could just make a noise to scare
the crap out of the pilot, like the sound
of crushing fiberglass or even a LOUD
horn. |
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[lbaf] Yes, until now it's been a slow time for mannequin taxedermists. |
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Scruffy <link> has made a difference where I live. I think this is a great idea. Let me know where they will be deployed so that I can open a prop-repair shop close by. [+] |
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I think they should periodically jump up out of the water just to freak people out... |
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[+] for the idea though... I like it. |
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No need to destroy the boat. When the propeller hits steel it will break. That's damage enough. An explosion would be too drastic and would make the device unacceptable for many people. It could also destroy other wildlife like fish. |
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It would probably be better to make this out of wood. |
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simply arm the Manatee to fuel its own desire for bloody revolution. Let them take back a world that was once their own. |
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Love this. Welcome to the bakery, macrumpton. (WTAGIPBAN) |
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you could just attach buoys to all manatees. |
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...or make it a musical number and teach them Where The Bouys Are. |
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FloridaManatee returns... |
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While you go bake the decoy idea, I have a kevlar jacket on order. It's a police-surplus PACA model rated to Level II-A, but I'm told it should cover riverboat props upto 75 HP. |
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Why not inject the manatees with a serum that makes them glow or paint them all brite pink. |
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We need steel for guns and bombs and stuff. |
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or, we could paint all the soldiers bright pink. they will then be too embaressed to fight, thus freeing up the steel for mineatee manufacture. |
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You could outfit every manatee with a metal plate strapped to it's back, then correct the weight difference with neoprene. Or tag them with.. a tag that'd send a signal to the boat's fish finder, blasting a loud alarm warning the driver that they're near a manatee. |
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