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Delphinology Part 2 (DOLPHINS) with Justin Gregg

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.923.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Wow. It gets weirder. Military dolphins, dolphins on drugs, sensory deprivation, deciphering dolphin language, the search for alien life, and more with the affable and knowledgeable Delphinologist Dr. Justin Gregg. Should you cuddle a dolphin? Can one kill you? Should you hire dolphins as midwives? Why do they follow boats? And what’s Drake got to do with it?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Oh, hey, it's still the extra power bank you always forget to charge and bring in with you,

0:04.4

which I did this week on a trip.

0:05.8

Alliward. And this is part two of dolphins. Two things. Number one, start with part one.

0:10.8

To get all the basics and all the science scandals, there's some evolutionary mind blowers.

0:16.7

And there's blowhole sex. Start with part one. Do not cheat yourself. Then come back to this part

0:22.0

because it gets weirder. It gets weirder. Part two is weirder. Welcome. If you don't already

0:28.5

love thisologist, you will. We all do. Again, they got their PhD in dolphin cognition and

0:33.9

communication. And they've authored two books on dolphins plus a new one. If Nietzsche were a

0:38.5

narwhal, what animal intelligence reveals about human's stupidity? Those books are linked in the

0:43.1

show notes. Also linked in the show notes are Patreon where you can join for as low as a dollar

0:48.1

a month. You can submit questions before the interviews. That's patreon.com slash allergies.

0:51.9

We also have merch at oligeesmerge.com. Get yourself a swimsuit if you need one.

0:55.7

Thank you to everyone, also who rates and subscribes and makes us. Number one on the science charts.

1:01.6

Also, you just want us another webby this week. So thank you. And if you've ever left a review,

1:06.2

I've read it with my eyes. And to prove it, I read a fresh one such as from someone named

1:11.9

annoyed vocalist who said, this show is something special. Alleyward is the sassy late night version

1:17.0

of Mrs. Frizzle. And oligees is the party bus on which you will wake up hungover from an

1:21.6

intellectual bender. Thank you for that. All board. So let's get it started. Shall we? Okay,

1:26.6

we're going to get back to Nova Scotia with our guest who was in Nova Scotia as we recorded this

1:32.8

to chat about sensory deprivation enlisted military dolphins. Should you ever pay money to cuddle a

1:39.3

dolphin? Dolphins on drugs, all kinds of drugs, vengeful marine mammals, aquatic horniness, dolphin

1:46.5

doublas, and more with researcher, author, and your new favorite land mammal and legendary

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