[HL33tibCe7]

> Bitten by a shark, or snagged on a russian submarine?

In all likelihood much less interesting, probably snagged in a fishing net or hit by an anchor.

[HatchedLake721]

Can’t rule out Russian military dolphins these days.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/27/russia-black-s...

[dtx1]

> Global Pandemic? Check > Transnational Giga Companies controlling the world? Check > Military Dolphins? Check > Smuggling Gigabytes of Data via Implants? Not yet.

I rate the current situation as a strong 3/4 Johnny Mnemonics!

[konart]

>Russian

>these days

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_marine_mammal

[Mo3]

Military dolphins...

[fghorow]

"With frickin laser beams!"

[barefeg]

I imagined they would be hurried under the sea bed. Probably cheaper to place them on the surface?

[McBeige]

I imagined it'd too impractical to bury them in case they need repairs, but apparently they're buried at least in some cases.

According to [1], a plough is dragged along the ocean floor behind the cable laying ship. The plough digs a trench that the cables are fed into. I can't really tell from the pictures whether the trench is covered back up.

[2] shows a really cool animation. Apparently ploughs like these can bury cables 2-3 meters into the ocean floor, and use a jet of water to help dig. Good stuff.

1: https://www.quora.com/How-are-major-undersea-cables-laid-in-... 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hEDTRU_F2s

[barefeg]

Wow that’s one very interesting specialized machine