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Malcolm Brenner is a self-confessed zoophile who claims he had an affair with a dolphin called Dolly after SHE seduced HIM.

Now 68, Malcolm was still a student when he embarked on the ‘relationship’ with the bottle-nosed dolphin in the 1970s.

He has written a novel, Wet Goddess, which tells the story of a young man who has a sexual relationship with a dolphin, Ruby, while he’s working at a theme park.

Malcolm has admitted the book is autobiographical and based on his own experiences.

He said: “I wrote this book for dolphins because we are mistreating these animals by keeping them in captivity.”

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Malcolm claims to have been in his early 20s when he started his relationship with Dolly.

He was a keen photographer and was allowed to take pictures in the pool at a former theme park in Sarasota Florida, where he lived.

The student was allowed to swim with the dolphins and soon formed a close bond with Dolly.

He said: “I was given free access to the dolphins and I became friends with her by going swimming with her. She was very special.”

Malcolm claims Dolly “announced her intentions towards him” by positioning herself so he was rubbing against her.

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He added: “At first I discouraged her, I wasn't interested. After some time I thought 'if this was a woman would I come up with these rationalisations and excuses’?”

Malcolm insists Dolly became “more and more aggressive” in her pursuit of him.

He said: “I found that extraordinarily erotic. It's like being with a tiger or a bear. This is an animal that could kill you in two seconds if it wanted to.”

Then, one night after the theme park had closed, Malcolm says he and Dolly “eluded the male dolphin” so they could spend time alone and eventually had sex for the first time.

He explained: “There's something quite transcendental about making love with a dolphin.”

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Malcolm has always stressed there was nothing abusive about his relationship with Dolly and that dolphins “basically have free will”.

He added: “What is repulsive about a relationship where both partners feel and express love for each other?

“I know what I'm talking about here because after we made love, the dolphin put her snout on my shoulder, embraced me with her flippers and we stared into each others' eyes for about a minute."

"This was not some dog trying to hump my leg, okay. This was a 400-lb. wild-born female dolphin. She was an awesome creature."

But nine months after Malcolm began his ‘relationship’ with Dolly the park closed and she was moved elsewhere.

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It sent the young student into a spiral of depression.

He said: “I called it a relationship because that's what it was. When she died it made me feel terrible and I fell into a depression which lasted five years.”

Malcolm also claimed their separation had a devastating impact on the female dolphin.

She died shortly after she was moved and Malcolm firmly believes she committed suicide by “voluntarily stopping breathing”.

The relationship didn't break any laws as bestiality was only banned in Florida 2011.

Malcolm has since been married twice but also describes himself as a 'zoophile' and says he has had previous sexual experiences with a dog.