It'shardtostartaconversationwithastranger—especiallywhenthatstrangeris,well,different.Hedoesn'tshareyourcustoms,celebrateyourholidays,watchyourTVshows,orevenspeakyourlanguage.Plushehasablowhole.

Inthisepisode,whichoriginallyairedinthesummerof2014,wetrytomakecontactwithsomeofthestrangeststrangersonourlittleplanet:dolphins.ProducerLynnLevyeavesdropsonsomehuman-dolphinconversations,fromastudioapartmentintheVirginIslandstoaresearchvesselintheBermudaTriangle.

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