DOLPHINS NOW WORK WITH MAN 

What if Olympic runners trained against antelopes? Wouldn't the runners run faster? What about swimmers?

Strange tales are seeping in from southern Soviet waters. They tell of 'The Mutants of the Black Sea".

There an obvious free-thinker has been conducting, for the past 20 years some highly innovative techniques. He is having women bear their babies under water! This isn't that new. The advantages for in-water birthing in reducing gravitational effects, providing a more soothing and relaxing environment has been seen by several forward thinking practicioners around the world for some time now. But with dolphins in attendance!!!

Way back in the sixties Dr. John Lilly carried out extensive work with dolphins from bases in Florida, the Bahamas and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He is still at it today with his wife Antonietta at their Human/Dolphin Foundation in Malibu, California. His latest techniques with computer-assisted conversation between man and dolphin is recorded in a short film recently previewed in Vancouver at the Center for Enhanced Living on Columbia Street.

In Hawaii aside from the military work being done by the U.S. Navy, Dr. Louis M. Herman at the Department of Psychology at the University of Hawaii presented a paper at the NATO Advanced Study Institute in Athens on his work in the same field. Dr. Herman feels that a comprehension approach with dolphins allows better control of results than when using the language production method. He suggests that at some language skills represent cognitive abilities rather than the usual acquired skills seen in humans. More information: Antonietta L. Lilly, Human/Dolphin Foundation, Box 4172, Malibu, CA 90265.

Dr. Louis M. Herman, Dept. of Psychology, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822.

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