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Peter
Peter was a young male bottlenose dolphin involved in John C. Lilly's dolphin communication research in the United States Virgin Islands during the 1960s. Researcher Margaret Howe Lovatt lived and worked closely with him in a partially flooded experimental space, repeatedly encouraging him to imitate simple human speech sounds. The project examined whether a dolphin could reproduce spoken patterns...
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Akeakamai
Akeakamai was a female bottlenose dolphin studied at the Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory in Hawaii. In research led by Louis Herman and colleagues, she learned an artificial language made from human gestures. The signs referred to objects and actions, and their order could change the instruction. Her responses allowed researchers to examine whether she understood relationships within a seque...
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