14 Nov 95 10:01, Cheryl Applebaum wrote to All:
 CA> Did anyone see the program entitled "In The Wild" on PBS last night?
Yes, I enjoyed it thoroughly.  In 20+ years of diving, I've never had the 
pleasure of diving with dolphins.  I wish I could say the same about sharks. 

I have to say that if I die tomorrow, that'll be one of my real regrets.  The 
closest I've come is having a small pod race our bow wave as we were cruising 
in from a dive.  I once went to a marine show where they had trained dolphins 
and small whales, and I was left with an almost eirie sense of their obvious 
intelligence and ability to project their personality.
 CA> Robin Williams was the host/participant, "investigating dolphin
 CA> intelligence and communication."  He seemed to be an unlikely choice for
 CA> this, but proved to be quite up to the challenge.
I was surprised as well.  His attempts to keep the dolphin's attention by 
speaking rapidly were hilarious.....and effective.
 CA> What was most memorable was that someone who was a non-diver could
 CA> only see instantly how impressive these intelligent creatures are and 
he
 CA> underwater world in general.  (There was a segment where he did SCUBA
 CA> rather than snorkel, but it was obvious that he was not really a diver.)
 CA> His sense of awe, glee, pleasure and curiousity was almost palpable 
during
 CA> the WHOLE show.... most enjoyable...
I felt the same way.  If those critters were more easily approached, I would 
never have had to sell diving lessons.....they would have sold themselves.
Jay
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