'It would just become part of what was going on like an itch, just get rid of that we'll scratch and we would be done and move on. She added: 'It was sexual on his part - it was not sexual on mine, sensuous perhaps. Margaret claims this became a regular part of her studies, as she tried to teach Peter to speak English. 'It was just easier to incorporate that and let it happen, it was very precious and very gentle, Peter was right there, he knew that I was right there.' In the beginning I would put him on the elevator and say you go play with the girls for a day. 'I wasn't uncomfortable - as long as it wasn't too rough. He would rub himself on my knee, my foot or my hand and I allowed that. It was there she met Peter, an adolescent dolphin she described as 'sexually coming of age'.Īs the two bonded, their relationship soon progressed to a more physical level. In 1963 she helped turn a house into a domestic dolphinarium by flooding it with knee-deep water, where researchers could study the animals from their home.
A woman who had sex with a dolphin as part of a scientific study has spoken out for the first time.ĭuring the swinging 60s, animal researcher Margaret Howe Lovatt was part of a Nasa-funded experiment on the US Virgin Islands to teach the intelligent sea creatures how to speak English.
