The meaning of the following passage.

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0 "The animals are trained to alert a handler when they detect anyone in  the water. The handler, in a small boat, then places a strobe light on  the nose of the animal, which speeds back and bumps the swimmer. The  bump knocks light into the water, where it floats to mark the spot for  security personnel to intercept the intruder."02br02br00I am having trouble interpreting the last two sentences. Someone please help.02br00PS: Is this the right place to post this message? Or should I have used another forum?0-

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

0Yes, this forum is OK, Anon-- but could you be more specific about which words you don't understand?  There is not much to 'interpret'; the words have straightforward meanings.0-

CalifJim · Answer

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Anonymous · Answer

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00You are right in figuring out what was bothering me. My problem was that as the swimming animal with the strobe light in the nose is swimming under the water the light is already in the water. So how does "the bump knocks the light" make any sense here? And how does the light float? I guess they mean that the vibration caused by the bump created a vibrating light thereby marking the spot. 02br
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Nona the brit · Answer

0 The animals are trained to bump into the swimmers. When they bump into something the light will fall off their nose and will no longer be attached to them. It will float in the water next to the swimmer. 0-

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