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Flipper was a tv show in the 60s about a dolphin and his humans. There is this sound that flipper supposedly makes out of water that is unlike any other dolphin sound I have heard (I have studied underwater acoustics of pelagic dolphins for a long time). I have always wondered if this is a sound that dolphins may make in the air? Or perhaps they can be trained to make this sound? Or perhaps this sound is synthetic/fake?
Does anyone know if this is a real sound that dolphins make?
The Washington Post reports that according to Jennifer Durkin from the Baltimore's National Aquarium:
The friendly voice of the dolphin in "Flipper" was dubbed -- it was, in fact, a recording of Australia's kookaburra bird.
Check out here, they sound similar to Flipper indeed :-)
