Dolphins Akeakamai & Phoenix echolocate on Penn Clarke’s head as he does a yoga headstand; then follow him around in their temporary tank at Waikiki Aquarium in 1987. More details found in the book Dolphins & Penn: Tacking Through Life by Penn Clarke
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Penn pouring buckets of salt water onto dolphin Akeakamai’s tongue which she loved at Waikiki Aquarium in 1987. Penn using sign language to command her to do specific actions. Film credit Kitty Donnan Visit www.dolphinrnr.com More details found in the book Dolphins & Penn: Tacking Through Life by Penn Clarke
Dolphin Akeakamai giving her last fish back and forth to Penn Clarke to get more attention before she eats it in Akeakamai and Phoenix’ s temporary tank at Waikiki Aquarium in 1987. Film credit Kitty Donnan Visit www.dolphinrnr.com More details found in the book Dolphins & Penn: Tacking Through Life […]
Penn Clarke and Mark Hanson joking while cleaning the small, temporary tank for dolphins Akeakamai and Phoenix at Waikiki Aquarium in 1987. Visit www.dolphinrnr.com More details found in the book Dolphins & Penn: Tacking Through Life by Penn Clarke
Kitty Donnan swims with dolphin Akeakamai at Waikiki Aquarium in 1987. Trainers are concerned for her safety when dolphin Phoenix comes over and breaks in. They get Kitty out of the water quickly. Visit www.dolphinrnr.com More details found in the book Dolphins & Penn: Tacking Through Life by Penn Clarke
Part 1: Penn Clarke signing to dolphin Akeakamai (Ake) with help from Eliza in Ake and Phoenix’s temporary dolphin tank at Waikiki Aquarium in 1987. Ake had been taught sign language over the previous 8 years. Film credit Kitty Donnan Visit www.dolphinrnr.com More details found in the book Dolphins & […]
Part 2: Penn Clarke signing to dolphin Akeakamai (Ake) with help from Eliza in Ake and Phoenix’s temporary dolphin tank at Waikiki Aquarium in 1987. Ake had been taught sign language over the previous 8 years. Film credit Kitty Donnan Visit www.dolphinrnr.com More details found in the book Dolphins & […]
Penn Clarke filming Dave Weller in 1987 early on in training dolphins Hiapo & Elele. The tanks are far away from public viewing in Sea Life Park, Oahu, Hawaii. Earlier, Penn and Kitty swim with these two dolphins to socialize with them as they feed fish from 2 floating […]
Penn Clarke and Kitty socialize by swimming with and feeding dolphins Hiapo & Elele in a tank away from public viewing at Sea Life Park, Oahu, Hawaii, March 1987. Hiapo & Elele had recently been captured from the same group of dolphins as Akeakamai & Phoenix who had been […]
In 1987, Kitty and I had the privilege through Earthwatch of working with scientists and graduate students at the University of Hawaii for one month. They had taught two female bottlenose dolphins sign language! Akeakamai, Ake, and Phoenix had been in captivity for eight years and were temporarily living in […]