We had heard the navy used the porpoise for recovery at sea and finding and defusing mines. We also heard they use young dolphins they caught in the wild. We figured if we could breed them the navy would buy them from us rather than catching them.
We filled his parents pool with sea water. Hired a fisherman to catch a few dolphins, and threw them in the pool and waited. And waited some more. Nothing. It was costing us plenty to feed them and they were not holding up their end. We got some guy who said he knew about dolphins to check them out, just to make sure we didn't have all one sex. Nope, there were two female and one male.
He than told us that dolphins do not breed well in captivity. If we wanted to get them to relax, we would have to simulate their natural surroundings. He suggested we place rocks, coral and seaweed in the pool, and surround it with trees and bushes to give them some privacy.
What he told us next sounds stupid, and we should have known better, but we were willing to try almost anything. He told us that for some unknown reason Mynah birds make dolphins amorous. He said to get a couple dozen birds and release them into the indoor pool. Their singing would drive the dolphins wild with passion, and we would have little ones in no time.
We called around and the only place that carried that many Mynahs was a store in New York, just across the state line. Well not thinking much about it we borrowed a station wagon, drove to New York and bought a dozen Mynahs. It was just as we crossed back over into New Jersey that we were stopped by a cop for some silly reason or another, I don't remember anymore. Maybe it was a broken taillight or not using my turn signals to pass, all I remember is it was silly.
When he saw all the birds he got curious, and stared asking questions. Not knowing any better we told him the whole story. That's when he arrested us for... "Transporting Mynahs across the state line for immoral porpoise's."
