European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Marine mammal Laboratory of Flat univ tiry of Hawaii gut Uret Tho word pipe to Aktak Amai Ako the Dolphin. Ere. To them a Basket is a Basket big or Small. We wanted to find out whether a Dolphin s it of understanding of the word is Broad like ours Wolz dby said. Apparently it  of the research began shortly after Keakamai and atch a Phoenix were caught about one mile apart in the Gulf of Mexico on the same summer Day in 1978 Ute with near Gulfport miss. The two were about 2 or 3 Vijeh thugs years old at the time fese of of veal Over the ensuing years the two dolphins underwent different training at the Hawaii research facility. For Phoenix an artificial audio language was created. Keakamai was trained in a gestural language. In addition Phoenix was taught a linear grammar in which the direct object came first followed by the verb and then the indirect object. A Keakamai s was non linear in which the indirect object came first followed by the direct object and finally the verb. Nance a director red with i and 91986 Ake s language has been considered More difficult in that she must first see. Remember and Analyse sentence parts before acting. So far Phoenix and Keakamai have progressed at almost identical rates. For us to achieve what we  has required Long term special education of the dolphins in the proper environment Herman says. Ii the proverbial Martian were to land on Earth and inspect a primitive new Guinea tribe As representative of Homo Sapiens he would reach very different conclusions about the intellectual potential of Homo Sapiens than if he were to land in Silicon Valley. Yet that potential resides As much in the primitive new Guinea native As it does in the Silicon Valley specialist. It s just a matter of realizing that potential through education and  Over la Long term him a Tay his research could Lead to a two Way language Between Man and Dolphin. In theory he says we might like to ask Tell us what your society is like How do you communicate with each other what Are the messages you Send and receive How do you determine your migration essentially what is it like to be a Dolphin but in reality that s More like science fiction than True science he says. What we can ask is about competencies Herman says. Can the Dolphin do this can it do that what Are its abilities what Are its limitations but the answers to these questions because they Are factual can be very revealing about what it is like to be a  the stars and stripes Page 15