During the time this comic first ran, John Lilly was claiming to have trained a dolphin to understand and even speak some English phrases. Unfortunately, you had to have six months experience working with this dolphin before you could understand the words. Most dolphin speech is beyond the human hearing range, which is probably just as well. (Otherwise they’d be forced to tell jokes at place like Seaworld.)
Cpeckbourlioux almost 5 years ago
Gotta love those classic Kliban strips…never eat anything bigger than your head, for example. My fave, kick a cat and your leg will crack. Dig it.
donwalter almost 5 years ago
you don’t say…
WoodstockJack almost 5 years ago
Science in the 1950s brought us talking cats.
In the 1970s, we reverse-engineered them; they wouldn’t shut up! FeedmepetmelovemefeedmelitterboxNOWfeedme… endless.
Zebrastripes almost 5 years ago
Oy, will someone shut off the bubble machine….
J Short almost 5 years ago
That dolphin is doing that on porpoise.
Army_Nurse almost 5 years ago
Dr Dolittle struggling before he found google translator.
Linguist almost 5 years ago
Just what we need … a garrulous grampus!
Herb L 1954 almost 5 years ago
Flipper the bird ;)
Cozmik Cowboy almost 5 years ago
When they finally teach us to understand them, we’ve got some ‘splainin’ to do……….
mistercatworks almost 5 years ago
During the time this comic first ran, John Lilly was claiming to have trained a dolphin to understand and even speak some English phrases. Unfortunately, you had to have six months experience working with this dolphin before you could understand the words. Most dolphin speech is beyond the human hearing range, which is probably just as well. (Otherwise they’d be forced to tell jokes at place like Seaworld.)
Glibster Premium Member almost 5 years ago
That’s just what I was thinking!
theotherther1 almost 5 years ago
“We should be teaching kids to write in cursive!” Uh, sure, okay….
pumaman almost 5 years ago
So long and thanks for all the fish.
carlzr almost 5 years ago
Delphinus yenta
lagoulou almost 5 years ago
Bored to death!
jpozenel almost 5 years ago
He’s just excited about that rerun of “Flipper” that they showed him.
johnbrown1859 over 4 years ago
“They said, ‘Experiment with a tank of sardines,’ but no, I had to have a porpoise.”