Raped by dolphins

[snopes]

Comment: I've heard this rumor for a few years now. Jessica Alba was raped
by a dolphin on the set of her old show "The New Flipper". Basically the
same way a dog humps someone's leg, the dolphin started to hump her from
behind while in the water while "the dolphin lip stick" was out.

There is a similar rumor about the same thing happening to Jimmy Buffet
while he was vacationing in the Caribbean.

[MidgardDragon]

This was King of the Hill episode. Not sure if the rumor predates the episode or if it was inspired by the episode.

[Johnny Slick]

It was also the subject of a Rush Limbaugh "animal rights update" from the early 90s. Please do not probe into why I know this.

[geminilee]

It is quite common for dolphins to masturbate against objects, at times including divers. I am not sure it would count as rape, though; maybe sexual harrasment.
Now, as to whether this happened to Jessica Alba or not, I have no idea. It is more than likely just some sicko's fantasy, though. Since dolphins are large animals and as such can be dangerous, I imagine the the trainers on the set would be keeping a close eye out for any unusual or agressive behavior.

[MidgardDragon]

Originally Posted by geminilee

It is quite common for dolphins to masturbate against objects, at times including divers. I am not sure it would count as rape, though; maybe sexual harrasment.
Now, as to whether this happened to Jessica Alba or not, I have no idea. It is more than likely just some sicko's fantasy, though. Since dolphins are large animals and as such can be dangerous, I imagine the the trainers on the set would be keeping a close eye out for any unusual or agressive behavior.

I don't think we can count animals into the equation when talking about rape or harassment, personally. They're creatures that act on instinct and many (not all, I'm sure) members of the animal kingdom have no concept of consent. They just do, they don't ask first. This would be an unfortunate accident and is one reason why there should always be multiple people around when working with any large animal, so that the animal could be restrained if they do what animals do, to a human.

[geminilee]

Sorry, that was supposed to be facetious. I did not really believe that you could consider it to be rape or sexual harassment, any more than you could consider it murder if the dolphin had drowned her.

[RivkahChaya]

There's a mystery novel, I think by Sharyn McCrumb, where a female (human) character is raped by a male dolphin, and in the context of the book, it really is meant to be rape, in that the woman resists, and the dolphin forces himself on her. I don't know the exact year of the book, but it by far antedates the King of the Hill episode, because I saw the episode when it came out, and it reminded me of the book, which I'd already read several years earlier at that point.

I don't know whether Sharyn McCrumb (or whomever) based her story on something she'd heard or read of, but she's pretty creative, and I wouldn't be surprised if she (assuming it was McCrumb) made the story out of whole cloth, and later ULs were based on it.

Going to search "dolphin rape" on amazon.com.

[Mouse]

Originally Posted by RivkahChaya

Going to search "dolphin rape" on amazon.com.

I don't even want to think about the books they'll be recommending you now.

[GrUvGrL]

Maybe if humans STOPPED training dolphins to rape, they wouldn't.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1l7s0_dolphin-rape