Scotland's first line of defense against sea vomit is a Labrador with a doctorate's worth of colleagues.

This dog is trained to sniff out invasive 'sea vomit' and protect oyster reefs: 'She has enough drive for 3 dogs'

Uisge, a Labrador in Scotland, has been trained by marine biologist Dr. Texa Sim to sniff out Didemnum vexillum — an invasive sea squirt nicknamed 'sea vomit.' The species, native to Japan, has spread across UK coastlines on ship hulls, cloning itself into blankets that smother mussels and oysters and hurt local fishing. Sim runs Conservation Detection Dogs Scotland, and Uisge is also learning to detect slipper limpet. Sim says the dog has 'drive for three dogs.'

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