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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsIn The Wild With Robin Williams - Dolphins
Have y'all seen this? I recall seeing it many years ago, perhaps on PBS, and remember mostly the scenes underwater near the end as well as one scene in there where he was cracking up the marine biologists
It's an hour long and from a VHS copy, but at least it's the full show, and not just clips.
sakabatou
(42,170 posts)magical thyme
(14,881 posts)so much that at missed at various times in my life...
We hoomans are so arrogant. "They're very bright. They learned 70 words!" And how many dolphin words have we so-called superior beings learned?
kentauros
(29,414 posts)I also liked his encounter and subsequent "friendship" with Stubby
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)In one of the Koko threads someone had wondered which of Williams' movies Koko had seen. It wasn't until this morning that I saw the answer on CNN: according to the researcher working with Koko, "She watched a documentary he did on dolphins and she watched 'Awakenings' over and over."
kentauros
(29,414 posts)it also shows that researchers like to watch documentaries and movies about other researchers
I didn't know which instance came first with regards to his visit with Koko and the dolphins, so thanks for the added info.