A woman, that took part in an experiment of NASA in the 1960s, revealed that she got so close with the animals that one of them even tried to have sex with her.

Margaret Howe Lovatt, the woman, recalled how one of the dolphins that she was with used to rub himself on her knew, foot, and even hands.

Recalling the moment, Howe said, “It was sexual on his part – it was not sexual on mine, sensuous perhaps.”

Margaret, who loves animals, said she took part in the experiment, which was funded by NASA, nearly 6 decades ago.

When Margaret was just 20 and was living in St. Thomas in the Caribbean, her brother-in-law told her about a secret laboratory on the island.

The brother-in-law said there were people carrying out work with dolphins.

Because of her love for the animals, Margaret drove out to the laboratory to know what was going on.

Upon arriving, she met Gregory Bateson, the laboratory director.

Margaret managed to impress the man by just marching straight up to the complex.

Despite having no scientific background, Bateson allowed Margaret to observe the animals and write the findings down.

After some time, the director of the laboratory realized that the young woman was really great at spotting the changes in the behavior of the animals.

Her amazing skills allowed her to secure a place on the NASA funded study, which was designed to determine whether or not dolphins could be trained to understand and speak the language English.

In a documentary by BBC, Margaret said she was usually spending her time with 3 dolphins.

Margaret recalled: “Peter, Pamela and Sissy. Sissy was the biggest. Pushy, loud, she sort of ran the show. Pamela was very shy and fearful. And Peter was a young guy. He was sexually coming of age and a bit naughty.”

She spent most of her time with the dolphins, which allowed her to form a closer bond with the animals.

In the documentary, Margaret said, “Peter liked to be… with me,” she said in the documentary. He would rub himself on my knee, my foot or my hand and I allowed that.”

She added, “I wasn’t uncomfortable – as long as it wasn’t too rough. It was just easier to incorporate that and let it happen, it was very precious and very gentle, Peter was right there, he knew that I was right there.”

She continued, “It was sexual on his part – it was not sexual on mine, sensuous perhaps. It would just become part of what was going on like an itch, just get rid of that we’ll scratch and we would be done and move on. I was there to get to know Peter, that was part of Peter.”

The study was set up by Dr. John Lilly, a neuroscientist from the United States.

Dr. Lilly hoped that the experiment would enable dolphins to communicate with humans by making human-like sounds through their blowholes.

Dr. Lilly managed to secure funding for the project from NASA.

He reportedly convinced the agency that it could help understand other intelligent life forms using other forms of communication.

However, the study was shut down due to a number of concerns, which include claims that the animals in the study were being given LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide).