0:00:00.000,0:00:03.400 It is well known that dolphins have highly developed brains second only to humans 0:00:03.600,0:00:06.800 So it is called the most intelligent animal on earth besides human beings 0:00:07.000,0:00:08.800 An experiment was done in the United States 0:00:08.933,0:00:11.500 To see if humans and dolphins can communicate successfully 0:00:11.600,0:00:16.500 The experimenter tried to teach the dolphins to talk and live with them 0:00:16.633,0:00:19.400 At the end of the experiment, they must face separation 0:00:19.400,0:00:21.900 So what choice do dolphins make 0:00:21.900,0:00:25.400 Let's take a look at the Strangest love between man and fish in history. 0:00:25.400,0:00:30.200 Enter the laboratory 0:00:30.233,0:00:34.933 There was a dolphin Point lab in the 1960s on the Island of St. Thomas in the Caribbean 0:00:35.100,0:00:37.600 The institute is funded by NASA and Washington 0:00:37.633,0:00:42.500 It's led by Dr. John Lilly one of the most eccentric and extreme figures in the history of Marine science 0:00:42.766,0:00:45.566 He is also a trained medical doctor and neurologist 0:00:45.566,0:00:49.033 John has been working to further investigate the dolphins' communication skills 0:00:49.366,0:00:52.166 Because he believes dolphins can help us talk to aliens 0:00:52.366,0:00:55.266 The first premise is to let dolphins learn to communicate with humans 0:00:59.400,0:01:02.566 In nineteen sixty-one John published a book called Man and the Dolphin 0:01:02.966,0:01:05.900 The book highlights the theory that dolphins want to communicate with humans 0:01:05.900,0:01:08.966 This sparked interest in the dolphins' ability to speak 0:01:09.233,0:01:11.333 So this experiment is coming 0:01:11.866,0:01:16.100 By 1963, 20-year-old Margaret was spending Christmas with her family 0:01:16.400,0:01:42.000 Margaret has been interested in animals since she was a child. She wants to visit the dolphin lab 0:01:42.000,0:01:46.266 The lab's director, Gregory Bateson, invited her to spend some time watching dolphins 0:01:46.266,0:01:49.566 Although Margaret didn't have any training 0:01:49.566,0:01:52.433 But she seems to be gifted and sensitive to changes in animal behavior 0:01:52.433,0:01:57.566 So John and Gregory reached an agreement and invited her to participate in the work of the laboratory. 0:01:57.566,0:02:02.600 Unbeknownst to everyone, Margaret will develop a special bond with dolphins 0:02:02.600,0:02:08.700 Living with dolphins 0:02:08.700,0:02:13.000 With her love of animals and patience, Margaret did an excellent job in the lab 0:02:13.366,0:02:14.800 She studies three dolphins 0:02:15.033,0:02:19.666 Named Pamela, Cece and Peter, Peter is the only male 0:02:19.933,0:02:22.433 Margaret soon formed a friendship with them 0:02:22.433,0:02:27.000 She devoted herself to her work every day and spent as much time as possible with the dolphins 0:02:27.600,0:02:29.433 The most important thing is to carry out the daily plan 0:02:29.766,0:02:32.300 It encourages them to imitate and produce sounds that resemble humans 0:02:32.300,0:02:35.300 The experiment, however, was rather tedious and made little progress 0:02:35.466,0:02:39.066 Gregory now turned his attention to animal communication 0:02:39.066,0:02:41.866 But Margaret didn't want to give up 0:02:42.233,0:02:46.366 She decided to continue teaching the dolphins how to talk, and then she decided to change her strategy 0:02:46.600,0:03:01.500 Margaret decided to live with the dolphins full-time 0:03:01.666,0:03:03.466 The idea was approved by John 0:03:03.600,0:03:15.100 They soon finished waterproofing the room 0:03:15.233,0:03:17.633 So which dolphin to choose as the experimental subject 0:03:17.900,0:03:27.600 Peter, who had never had any voice training, was the perfect guinea pig 0:03:27.600,0:03:36.200 Margaret then spent six days a week alone with Peter 0:03:36.200,0:03:43.000 On the seventh day, Peter spends the day in the pool with two other females 0:03:43.033,0:03:46.333 Margaret and Peter were inseparable during their cohabitation 0:03:46.300,0:04:03.100 Margaret tried to understand Peter's ideas and taught him the language as best she could 0:04:03.566,0:04:04.933 Today is... 0:04:05.900,0:04:07.100 August 18 0:04:07.100,0:04:10.200 This is the lesson with Peter this morning 0:04:10.266,0:04:13.533 She repeatedly encouraged Peter to say "Hello Margaret" 0:04:18.200,0:04:19.366 Margaret 0:04:22.700,0:04:30.900 But the letter m seemed too difficult for Peter to learn 0:04:31.333,0:04:33.333 Peter looked lost, too 0:04:33.333,0:04:37.433 It often turns over and soaks itself in water to show its impatience for learning 0:04:37.800,0:04:52.500 So what is their ending? 0:04:52.500,0:04:58.000 Dolphin's sexual drive 0:04:58.000,0:05:03.266 Margaret gradually discovered that Peter was more interested in the structure of the human body than in learning human language. 0:05:03.400,0:05:07.200 When there are no classes they have nothing to do and they often play in the water 0:05:07.233,0:05:10.733 According to Margaret, if she was sitting on a stool with her legs in the water 0:05:10.900,0:05:14.900 Then Peter would study her legs very carefully. He wanted to see what was behind the knees 0:05:15.233,0:05:17.733 He wants to know how humans move their knees when they walk 0:05:17.933,0:05:20.033 Soon the experimental group found a thorny problem 0:05:20.033,0:05:22.933 It's Peter's sex drive that gets in the way of the human-dolphin communication lesson 0:05:23.233,0:05:26.833 You know, Peter's in its adolescence and it's already had some sexual fantasies 0:05:26.800,0:05:32.400 It was hard to get Peter back into the pool 0:05:32.600,0:05:36.133 Margaret says Peter sticks to himself all the time when he's in heat 0:05:36.133,0:05:38.433 It rubs on her knees, feet or hands 0:05:38.833,0:05:42.566 Margaret did not feel uncomfortable at this time, so she never refused the behavior 0:05:42.900,0:05:48.600 Sometimes, however, Peter would be rude and hurt Margaret 0:05:49.033,0:05:53.533 At that time, Margaret would put him on the elevator and let him play with the other two girls 0:05:53.533,0:05:56.433 But as Peter grew older, his sexual urges became more frequent 0:05:56.766,0:06:01.966 Changing Peter's environment all the time was having a big impact on the experiment, as well as disturbing the other two 0:06:02.433,0:06:04.633 So Margaret came up with a good idea 0:06:04.933,0:06:07.633 Which is to use her hands to deal with Peter's physical needs 0:06:07.833,0:06:10.633 Yes, you heard me right 0:06:11.000,0:06:17.000 Margaret said it was a very expensive thing to do and she had a lot of respect for Peter 0:06:17.500,0:06:26.600 In her eyes, it's not really a sexual relationship. Other people can also observe this behavior 0:06:26.600,0:06:34.900 However, the incident has also caused the media to question 0:06:35.200,0:06:48.000 Margaret saw pictures of herself and Peter in magazines and bought them all. But rumors continue to spread 0:06:48.000,0:06:56.700 Emergence of LSD 0:06:56.700,0:07:11.300 Peter's attachment to Margaret is more obvious, but because the experiment has not progressed, John wants to stop the experiment 0:07:11.600,0:07:22.200 In 1966, Dr. John became obsessed with studying the mind-altering power of LSD, with government permission 0:07:22.433,0:07:25.133 He was in the lab trying to inject hallucinogens into dolphins 0:07:25.300,0:07:35.200 With Margaret's strong Persuasion, John promised not to give Peter an injection. 0:07:35.533,0:07:38.333 Fortunately, the drug had almost no effect on dolphins 0:07:38.333,0:07:40.533 John gave up after a few tries 0:07:40.633,0:07:43.433 But he doesn't take animal safety seriously 0:07:43.700,0:07:46.000 This annoyed Gregory, the lab director 0:07:46.066,0:07:50.700 Soon, the two people's ideas did not merge and gradually estranged 0:07:51.100,0:07:56.300 At the end of 1966, the relationship broke down and John closed the dolphin Lab 0:07:56.700,0:08:14.100 Peter and two other dolphins were sent to the Miami lab 0:08:14.100,0:08:19.400 Last choice 0:08:19.400,0:08:26.600 At the Miami lab, dolphins are kept in small tanks with little sunlight 0:08:26.800,0:08:37.500 Unable to bear the change of circumstances and the separation from Margaret, Peter committed suicide a few weeks later 0:08:37.900,0:08:54.400 Peter stopped breathing consciously 0:08:54.800,0:09:05.450 Margaret married the lab's photographer, and they transformed the dolphinarium and had three daughters 0:09:05.500,0:09:15.600 Margaret said in an interview that she did not feel excessively sad about Peter's death because it was a kind of pressure release for it. 0:09:16.000,0:09:25.200 In the next few decades, researchers continued to explore the communication between dolphins and humans, but did not teach them to speak 0:09:29.800,0:09:31.500 This is the end of the whole experiment 0:09:31.700,0:09:59.500 It sounds ridiculous. Dolphins belong to the sea and this kind of experiment is cruel to animals 0:09:59.800,0:10:11.300 That is all, see you next time, this is Zheng Zheng