
The government has enlisted the help of furry critters and buzzing bugs to further its military mission of surveillance, defense and even weaponization.
From carrier pigeons that carried encoded messages during World War II to canine suicide bombers, animals have been conscripted into global conflicts for a long time.
Now a new movie–complete with talking guinea pig ninja spies–takes a fanciful look at this covert kingdom. But below the Mission Impossible meets Rin Tin Tin glossy shell of a plot lies some real science.
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G-Force Trailer with Interview:
G-Force: Weird Science Creates Animal Spies – Awesome video clips here