这项实验为期10周,豪尔和彼得会一起在约55公分深的海水中生活,包括一起用餐、睡觉和嬉戏,豪尔会教导彼得如何用喷气孔说话,而在这期间豪尔可以爬上藏在浴帘后,悬挂在天花板的床和桌子。加勒比海圣汤玛斯岛的海豚据点实验室(Dolphin Point Laboratory)利里博士负责监督这项实验,并预测海豚「10至20年内」能模仿人类语言。
Local Input~ Margaret Howe and the dolphin Peter from the documentary " The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins" by Christopher Riley. For 10 weeks, from June to August 1965, the St Thomas research centre became the site of Lilly’s most notorious and highly criticised experiment, when his young assistant, Margaret Howe, volunteered to live in confinement with Peter, a bottlenose dolphin.