In 1965, Dr. John C. Lilly and Margaret Howe attempted to bridge the interspecies communication gap by teaching dolphins English. Their methods, as bizarre as the objective itself, has been the subject of fascination, ridicule, and hero worship ever since.
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Photos "John C. Lilly and Friend" & "The Dolphin That Jumped Over John C. Lilly" by Malcolm Brenner: http://malcolmbrenner.com/
Credit for art that appears in the following timestamps are to artist James Bigtwin:
00:15John C. Lilly website with Pulsator, 19962023
38:15Future Communications Laboratory, NYC, 1999
40:55Lilly painting gouache collage, 30x60in; photo by Vincent Huang, 19971998
43:45Future Communications Laboratory, NYC, 1999