{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "you got any idea where psychic cetaceans talk to space aliens came from? I know it ended in Ecco the Dolphin and off-brand lisa...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/189000011673/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>talkinggorillabutler</strong> asked: <p>you got any idea where psychic cetaceans talk to space aliens came from? I know it ended in Ecco the Dolphin and off-brand lisa frank school supplies, but where was it before Star Trek IV? </p></div>\n<p>Whale communication first came to wide attention with <a href=\"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_the_Humpback_Whale_(album)\" target=\"_blank\">Songs of the Humpback Whale</a> in 1970. And got mixed with other far-out period themes of nonhuman intelligence, I guess.</p>"}