Author Topic: Could we speak the language of dolphins?  (Read 13164 times)


JimF

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Re: Could we speak the language of dolphins?
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2013, 04:21:33 PM »
She's been "buzzed in the water", huh? ;->

Well, apropos of that and of the overall focus of this
forum (i.e., sexual and emotional relationships considered
"beyond the pale" by conventional society), here's an
unusual book I read recently:

http://www.amazon.com/Wet-Goddess-Malcolm-J-Brenner/dp/0615334601/
http://wetgoddess.net/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/23/malcolm-brenner-dolphin_n_974764.html

The events described in that book took place in the 70s,
during the era of (the controversial, to the point some might
say of crackpottery) John C. Lilly, whom Brenner actually met.
I remember reading a paperback of Lilly's _The Mind of the Dolphin_
back in the late 60s, and reading about Lilly's research
assistant Margaret Howe, who lived (in a specially-designed
flooded house, basically) with a male dolphin for an extended
period of time.  She also (at the dolphin's insistence -- it was the
only way he would remain tractable) formed a quasi-sexual
relationship with her dolphin "friend" (at any rate, she
had to periodically relieve his urges with a hand or foot).
( http://havealittletalk.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/there-really-was-an-amorous-dolphin-peter-more-on-easy-travel-to-other-planets/ )

Brenner mentions Howe in his book -- I was kind of dismayed
to learn that her experience with Lilly and the dolphin ended
rather traumatically for her (as did Brenner's relationship
with "Ruby"), and Ms. Howe has never since been willing to
speak publicly about her experiences.

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Re: Could we speak the language of dolphins?
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2013, 09:09:47 PM »
I'm ashamed that you have recommended a book again but I can only follow it with a 30 second youtube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLTx-LZX3XM