Flipper, you dirty sod…
For 10 weeks in 1965, Lilly’s young, female research associate, Margaret Howe, live with a dolphin named Peter. The two shared a partially flooded, two-room house. The water was just shallow enough for Margaret to wade through the rooms and just deep enough for Peter to swim. Margaret and Peter were constantly interacting with each other, eating, sleeping, working, and playing together.
As time passed, it became clear that Peter didn’t want a mom; he wanted a girlfriend.
And they called him Flipper… Flipper… tuna….