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Milton Santini shakes dolphin flipper during training at Santini's Porpoise School - Marathon, Florida.
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Santini's Porpoise School was opened in 1958 by Milton Santini, a former Estero fisherman. It was most famous as the home of the original Flipper. In 1972, he sold it, and it became Flipper's Sea School (1972-1977). Jean Paul Fortom-Gouin then closed it to the public and conducted research as the Institute for Delphinid Research (1977-1983). And in 1984, Jayne and Mandy Rodriguez turned it into the Dolphin Research Center.
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Barron, Charles Lee, 1917-1997. Milton Santini shakes dolphin flipper during training at Santini's Porpoise School - Marathon, Florida. 1967. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/83649>, accessed 8 June 2026.
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Barron, Charles Lee, 1917-1997. Milton Santini shakes dolphin flipper during training at Santini's Porpoise School - Marathon, Florida. 1967. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/83649>
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