CHINESE SHELL GAME

Beijing claims spies look to control the ocean with turtles!

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CALL it the ultimate shell game — China’s ministry of state security claims foreign espionage and intelligence agencies are monitoring the Communist country’s waters by deploying animal spies, including turtles!

Beijing bigshots warn that an “unseen covert war of espionage” is brewing in the seas as rival nations harness wildlife fitted with special sensors to harvest sensitive data “through a variety of new spying devices” and produce underwater maps that could potentially pose a “serious threat” to its national security.

According to a ministry post on the Chinese platform WeChat, “spy turtles” and “spy fish” have been found sporting high-tech devices.

China's president Xi Jinping says turtles fitted with sensors are snooping in its waters; trained dolphins have reportedly been used by other countries to detect enemy divers