When the porpoise is sighted, not a moment can be lost.

The men handle this creature with infinite care.

She seems to sense that she has come home, that no harm will come to her now.

She is safe.

When I started training dolphins, there was no manual.

I would get the script, and it says, "Flipper goes over to the dock and picks up the gun and then swims down left to right."

I had to actually translate that into action somehow.

Thanks, Flipper.

Yeah. Thanks, Flipper.

The thing that really struck me was that they're smarter than we think they are.