Answers.Body: <p>It was indeed a recording of a Aussie Kookaburra, additional it was sped up a bit.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/01/31/day-of-the-dolphin/493063d2-ef69-42d5-952a-73e7a8b4c20b/" rel="noreferrer">reports</a> that according to Jennifer Durkin from the Baltimore's National Aquarium:</p>
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  <p>The friendly voice of the dolphin in &quot;Flipper&quot; was dubbed -- it was,
  in fact, a recording of Australia's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kookaburra" rel="noreferrer">kookaburra</a> bird.</p>
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  <p>Check out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqdRQxgtZtI" rel="noreferrer">here</a>, they sound similar to Flipper indeed :-)</p>
  
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Body: <p>Flipper was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipper_(1964_TV_series)" rel="noreferrer">tv show</a> in the 60s about a dolphin and his humans. There is this sound that flipper supposedly makes out of water that is unlike any other dolphin sound I have heard (I have studied underwater acoustics of pelagic dolphins for a long time). I have always wondered if this is a sound that dolphins may make in the air? Or perhaps they can be  trained to make this sound? Or perhaps this sound is synthetic/fake?</p>
  <p><strong>Does anyone know if this is a real sound that dolphins make?</strong></p>
  <p><a href="https://youtu.be/UccklcLIhGE" rel="noreferrer">Link to sound on youtube</a>.</p>
  
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Title: Is this sound made by 'Flipper' dolphin tv series real?
ThreadText: # Is this sound made by 'Flipper' dolphin tv series real?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2022-07-20)
  
  Flipper was a [tv show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipper_(1964_TV_series)) in the 60s about a dolphin and his humans. There is this sound that flipper supposedly makes out of water that is unlike any other dolphin sound I have heard (I have studied underwater acoustics of pelagic dolphins for a long time). I have always wondered if this is a sound that dolphins may make in the air? Or perhaps they can be trained to make this sound? Or perhaps this sound is synthetic/fake?
  
  **Does anyone know if this is a real sound that dolphins make?**
  
  [Link to sound on youtube](https://youtu.be/UccklcLIhGE).
  
  **Tags:** identification, dolphins, call-identification, fictional-sounds
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2022-07-20. Score: 17 | Accepted answer
  
  The Washington Post [reports](https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/01/31/day-of-the-dolphin/493063d2-ef69-42d5-952a-73e7a8b4c20b/) that according to Jennifer Durkin from the Baltimore's National Aquarium:
  
  > The friendly voice of the dolphin in "Flipper" was dubbed -- it was,
  > in fact, a recording of Australia's [kookaburra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kookaburra) bird.
  
  Check out [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqdRQxgtZtI), they sound similar to Flipper indeed :-)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: That is amazing--- over the years I have periodically become re-obsessed with this question & never found any info on it.... Thank you!!!  
  > **username_3**: Hi @username_0 you can "accept" this answer, I think, to mark it as correct  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2024-01-16. Score: 0
  
  It was indeed a recording of a Aussie Kookaburra, additional it was sped up a bit.
  
  
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