Scientists have been forced to invent monitoring technology to protect dolphins from being killed while swimming through military training waters, it was revealed today. Conservationists feared the bottlenose dolphins were at risk from laser-guided missiles when their family pods swim into Ministry of Defence explosive trials at Aberporth in Cardigan Bay, Wales. But a team of experts at defence firm QinetiQ created a special listening system to find the dolphins - and can now hear their distinctive clicking sounds from more than 20 miles away. Worries: Conservationists feared the bottlenose dolphins were at risk from laser guided missiles when their family pods swim into Ministry of Defence explosive trials at Aberporth in Cardigan Bay, Wales
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Conservationists feared bottlenose dolphins were at risk from missiles
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They live in Ministry of Defence testing area at Aberporth in Cardigan Bay
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But QinetiQ experts created a special listening system to find the dolphins
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Researchers can now hear distinctive clicking sounds from 20 miles away
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