Margaret Howe Lovatt (born Margaret C. Howe, in 1942) is an American former volunteer naturalist from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. In the 1960s, she took part in a NASA -funded research project in which she attempted to teach a dolphin …

10 小时之前 · In the 1960s, NASA's experiment to teach dolphins human speech, led by Margaret Howe Lovatt, turned controversial due to the unusual intimacy between Lovatt and a dolphin named Peter. Aimed as a precursor to extraterrestrial communication, the project was terminated following negative publicity and funding withdrawal from NASA and the Navy, marking it as a scandalous scientific endeavor.

2024年8月17日 · In the 1960s, a NASA-funded experiment led to an intimate relationship between researcher Margaret Howe Lovatt and a dolphin named Peter. How scientists obsessed with LSD and extraterrestrials organized one of history's weirdest experiments.

2014年6月14日 · It is safe to say that Margaret Howe Lovatt will from here on out be known as the woman who had “sex” with a dolphin. This week, the media went nuts over revelations in a BBC documentary about...

2014年6月6日 · The dolphin house was flooded with water and redesigned for a specific purpose: to allow the 23-year-old Howe and the dolphin to live, sleep, eat, wash and play intimately together.

2022年10月14日 · The greatest differences between human brains and dolphin brains are their overall size, hippocampus, and cerebral cortex. Dolphin brains are larger than human brains, weighing 1,600 grams compared to the human brain that weighs 1,300 grams.

2014年6月11日 · It's the story of Margaret Howe Lovatt, who in the 1960s took part in a NASA-funded research project, in which she developed an unusual relationship with a dolphin named Peter. A relationship...

2024年11月5日 · Renowned for their intelligence, social complexity, and playful nature, dolphins exhibit behaviors that mirror many traits found in humans. These similarities extend beyond superficial observations, delving into profound aspects of social structures, communication methods, emotional intelligence, and problem-solving abilities.

When the man appeared on Earth, dolphins had been inhabiting the oceans for thousands of years. Naturally, humans began to interact with other creatures in their environment including dolphins, laying the foundations of a relationship that has endured until today but with different forms of interaction.

2 天之前 · In a new study, researchers from Arizona State University together with national and international collaborators have identified anelloviruses in dolphins for the first time. Anelloviruses are a widespread family of viruses found in many mammals, including humans, where they are considered part of the natural virome because they have not been clearly linked to disease.The researchers found ...