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Flipper is also the inspiration for the Miami Dolphins and is still profiled as the team mascot.

Retro Caption Contest: The Trophy Dolphin 2010

Flipper is also the inspiration for the Miami Dolphins and is still profiled as the team mascot.

Retro Caption Contest: The Trophy Dolphin 2010

In the 1960s, O'Barry trained the animals that collectively became known as Flipper to TV viewers - an experience that he has spent decades trying to undo because of the role the television show played in creating the captive dolphin industry in the United States and around the world.

Joel Reynolds: Fighting for the Lives of Marine Mammals in The Cove 2009

Behind closed doors, the woman they called Flipper expressed romantic yearnings about the man named Keith.

David Fiderer: Dirty Little Secrets About Juror Contacts in the Don Siegelman Trial 2008

Behind closed doors, the woman they called Flipper expressed romantic yearnings about the man named Keith.

David Fiderer: Dirty Little Secrets About Juror Contacts in the Don Siegelman Trial 2008

Behind closed doors, the woman they called Flipper expressed romantic yearnings about the man named Keith.

David Fiderer: Dirty Little Secrets About Juror Contacts in the Don Siegelman Trial 2008

Google is about to launch a new Google Labs project it calls Flipper, we? ve learned.

We Blog A Lot 2009

Google is about to launch a new Google Labs project it calls Flipper, TechCrunch has learned.

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So far this year, no bottlenose dolphins -- like "Flipper" -- have yet been killed; instead, the fishermen have killed risso dolphins and pilot whales.

Brenda Peterson: Japan: Stop Killing Our Evolutionary Elders and Help Save Our Oceans Brenda Peterson 2010

So far this year, no bottlenose dolphins -- like "Flipper" -- have yet been killed; instead, the fishermen have killed risso dolphins and pilot whales.

Brenda Peterson: Japan: Stop Killing Our Evolutionary Elders and Help Save Our Oceans Brenda Peterson 2010