The US government funded research in 1965 to see if dolphins can talk.
This later escalated to the female researcher giving the dolphin hand jobs and then later taking LSD with the dolphin.
50 Billion dollars and 15 years later, humanity stood on the cusp of a revolution. We had created a device which, with years of dedicated training, allowed for the first ever interspecies communication. The world held its breath as we tuned in for the first demonstration of this marvel of technology.
There on the TV was the woman and dolphin we had heard so much about. Their relationship, 15 years strong, transcended ordinary boundaries. The dolphin responded to gestures, looked her in the face, and seemed to understand the magnitude of what was about to happen.
When the time came, the white-coat clad scientists gathered, and began the delicate process of connecting the dolphin to the machine. There was an audible gasp from the crowd as the machine’s display flickered to life, and the words slowly came into focus: