Beneath the Blue Page #2

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(Girl)

Hey, Alyssa.

(Alyssa)

Hey.

(Liz)

Oh huh, I see you!

I'll check you out.

Look at you, little flirt!

I have no idea

what you're talking about.

Whatever.

Oh God,

they caught us ogling.

Okay, you were ogling,

I was merely staring intently.

Well, I prefer ogling.

(Liz)

Well, what's the difference?

Well, ladies stare,

and - and...

You know what, never mind,

you two are hopeless.

Whatever.

(Craig)

Hey, excuse me, um,

I saw you guys

on the water today, right?

I was on a jet ski.

Jet ski? Um.

Kita, do you remember

a jet ski?

Not even two of them.

I didn't see no jet skis.

Ah, I'm Craig.

Ah, Alyssa.

And this is Kita.

Hi, you're more than welcome

to know me

as much as you like to.

Oh.

She's kidding,

I think.

Ah, this is Liz.

(Kita)

Nice to meet you.

(Craig)

Nice to meet you.

Well, I just -

I wanted to apologize

for crashing

your party earlier.

Oh yeah, no,

don't worry about it,

It happens all the time.

So, what's up

with your girlfriend?

Oh, Gwen?

Oh no, no, she's not

my, uh, my girlfriend.

She's my sister.

(Kita)

Oh?

And she has a dive scheduled

in the morning,

so she went back

to the hotel early.

Alright, so we'll just

have to look after you

while she's gone.

Oh yeah, we'll take care

of you real good.

(Women laugh)

That works for me.

Cheers.

(Kita)

Cheers.

(Craig) Cheers.

(Kita) Cheers.

Hey.

She's got a new friend.

(Hawk)

Mmm hmm.

(Alyssa laughs)

So, is there anything else

to do on this island

besides jet skies

and ah, diving?

(Alyssa)

Not really.

Um, we actually spend

most of our time

at the Research Center

with the dolphins.

That sounds fun.

Yeah, it is.

Um, my Dad actually founded

the Research Center.

Ah, we're studying how dolphins

communicate with each other,

as well as how

to better communicate with them.

Ah, so you're proving

Carl Sagan wrong?

Carl who?

The genius scientist

whose name you should know?

Now, now shush, let's go

get something to drink.

Yes, thanks.

You know that, ah -

that famous quote of his,

"It is of interest to note

that while some Dolphins

have learned

up to 50 words in English,

no human being has been..."

(Both)

"...has ever been reported

to be able to speak Dolphinese."

(Craig)

Right, so my question

to you is:

Do you speak Dolphinese?

(Alyssa chuckles)

No, that's actually

physically impossible.

A lot of their sounds

are in frequencies

that we can't even hear.

Right, so how do you do it?

Um well, what we've done -

I guess what my Dad's done

is come up with

an artificial whistle language

that both humans and dolphins

can use,

um, and we're teaching it

to dolphins

using a model rival training.

Oh, so it's like, um,

lrene Pepperberg

and Alice Gray Perret,

and all that?

Exactly.

How do you know all this?

I am a Discovery Channel junkie.

I can't help myself.

I watch it all the time.

Well, actually my Dad worked

with lrene Pepperberg.

Really?

And ah,

the model rival

training is--

(Kita)

Hey, ah, Craig,

did you know

that sex is the glue

of dolphin society?

Really?

No, I didn't -

I didn't, uh, know that.

Yeah, ask Alyssa.

Ah, it sounds

kind of crazy,

but, um, dolphins

are very social creatures,

and sex--

(Kita)

Hey, I've got

a better idea.

Why don't you

actually come down

to the Research Center tomorrow

and find out for yourself?

(Liz)

Unfortunately,

standards dictate

that we have to keep

the fishy porn to a minimum.

(Kita)

Yes.

Please ignore them;

they are demented.

(Liz)

No, seriously,

you should stop by.

I bet you'll learn something.

Okay, well, as long as

I'm getting a good education.

I'm in.

Alright, um, cool,

I'll see you then.

Great.

Um, and

it was, ah -

it was really nice

meeting you guys.

(Liz) Same.

(Craig) Okay, cool.

Yup.

Yeah, not as nice

as it could have been, though.

What - what are

you talking about?

I mean, you have

another chance tomorrow.

Oh, I didn't invite him

for me,

I invited him for you.

Despite all attempts

at inappropriate innuendo,

he looked at you

the whole time.

(Liz)

His eyes was

all over you, girl.

(Kita)

Mmm hmm.

Really?

Wait, how one girl

could be so smart

and so dumb

at the same time.

(Kita) I know.

(Liz) I don't get it.

I don't either.

I don't

get it.

You're serious?

You're not messing with me?

Yes, yes,

he was looking at you.

He likes you.

(Liz)

Yeah, come on.

(Sonar echoing underwater)

(Alyssa)

Our goal here is to communicate

with dolphins,

but that's hard

because they aren't suited

for making human sounds,

and half their sounds they make

are at frequencies

we can't even hear.

So, the sound you hear

is a recall pinger.

Um, it's what we use

to call the dolphin's home.

Do they always come home?

(Alyssa)

Well, not always.

It's their choice,

but most of the time they do.

(Dolphins whistling)

(Recall pinger)

(Girl)

Look!

(Dolphins whistling)

(Alyssa)

That's Bogie on the left

and Bacall on the right.

They are called

bottlenose dolphins,

or Tursiops truncatus.

So, if we want to communicate

with them,

but we can't make

their sounds,

and they can't make ours,

we have a problem, don't we?

So, we had to come up

with another kind of sound

we could both use

in order to communicate.

Does anybody know

what that might be?

(Girl)

Whistling?

(Alyssa)

Exactly!

So, we use

a made up whistle language

in order to communicate

with them.

And this is

our current vocabulary.

And, as we teach a new word,

it's added to our dictionary.

(Dolphin whistling)

(Alyssa)

Oh, oh, it looks like

Bacall went away.

Let's ask Bogie

where he went.

Bogie, where is Bacall?

(Computer whistling)

(Bogie whistling)

(Female computer voice)

Bacall is catching fish.

This kind of fish?

(Computer whistling)

(Bogie whistling)

(Female computer voice)

No. Dangerous.

(Group chuckles)

(Man)

Come on, you can't expect us

to believe

you're actually having

a conversation with a fish?

Did you hear that,

he called you a fish,

and doesn't believe

we can communicate with you.

(Bogie makes farting noise)

(Group laughs)

(Teenage girl)

What's he saying?

Um, I don't know.

We haven't really been able to

translate dolphin swearing yet.

(Man)

Oh, come on, I mean--

So where does this

all lead?

I mean, what are you guys

hoping to accomplish?

Well, they're intelligent,

we know that,

and very self-aware.

So, by communicating with them,

we can see

how they perceive the world

and it may add

for further understanding

of the consciousness

in other animals.

Are saying that dolphins

are as smart as humans?

No, of course not.

I'm saying they are

much, much smarter.

(Group chuckles)

Okay, Bogie,

go find Bacall.

See you tomorrow.

(Bogie whistling)

Okay guys, follow me

and I'll take you

down to the pool

and you can see

the dolphins up close, okay?

(Alyssa)

Thanks.

For what?

For helping out

with that guy.

Does that happen often?

Well, not too often,

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