In the 1960s, Margaret Howe Lovatt became part of a NASA-funded experiment to teach a dolphin named Peter to speak English. What started as groundbreaking interspecies communication research quickly turned into something much more controversial when Margaret moved into a flooded house to live with Peter 24/7 for six months. As Peter reached sexual maturity, their relationship crossed boundaries in ways that would overshadow the entire experiment and become one of the most shocking animal research scandals in scientific history.

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The Guardian's comprehensive investigation - "The dolphin who loved me: the Nasa-funded project that went wrong" (2014)

The Atlantic's detailed report - "How A Science Experiment Led to Sexual Encounters Between a Woman and a Dolphin" (2014)

BBC documentary - "The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins" (2014)

BBC documentary clip - "Teaching a dolphin to speak English" footage

Margaret Howe Lovatt Wikipedia page - Complete biography and experiment details

John C. Lilly's book - "Man and Dolphin" - The original research that started it all (1961)

Medium article analysis - "The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins: Watch this documentary if you are into space" (2021)

News18 retrospective - "When The Love Story Of A Dolphin And Woman Made News In The 60s" (2023)

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