🐱🎙️ In the 1960s, the #CIA launched "Acoustic Kitty," a project to turn house #cats into mobile eavesdropping devices.

They implanted tiny microphones and transmitters into the #felines, hoping they could sneak up on Soviet officials. The project was scrapped due to the cats' lack of interest.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/the-cia-once-trained-cats-to-be-cold-war-spies/

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The CIA once trained cats to be Cold War spies

Project Acoustic Kitty went about as well as you’d expect.

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Although pumas are shy animals and attacks on humans are very rare, when I was hiking in the mountains of Chile, I was afraid of encountering one. On a few occasions, I saw fresh tracks or heard their distinctive hiss. But I never came face to face with one... except at the Santiago Zoo, when I took this photo.

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The CIA once trained cats to be Cold War spies

Project Acoustic Kitty went about as well as you’d expect.

Popular Science

Cat TV at Catfé.

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Same cat, different angle.

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