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Cousteau Sub Mimics Great White
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Cousteau Sub Mimics Great White
By Alison Strahan, Wired News
The grandson of famous oceanographer and filmmaker Jacques Cousteau believes the best way to learn about sharks is to become one.
Fabien Cousteau, inspired as a child by the comic book Red Rackham's Treasure, where the main character, Tintin, adventures underwater in a shark-shaped submarine, decided as an adult to build his own.
"It's the same thought process as Jane Goodall or Diane Fossey. You don't want to separate yourself from the animal. You want to be part of the animal's realm," Cousteau said.
Cousteau enlisted the services of renowned Hollywood design engineer and animatronics expert Eddie Paul to build a great white submarine.
"It's extremely innovative" said Cousteau. "It's a 1,200-pound tool that looks, feels and moves like a great white shark."
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Cousteau took off to Guadalupe Island, off the coast of Baja Mexico, late last year in one of several expeditions to film sharks. He immediately noticed differences in how they reacted to his sub.
"They approached me with caution in a way quite different from the typical footage seen in documentaries where the great white lunges toward the diver in the cage," he said.
Since Troy cannot respond in a sophisticated, sharklike manner, Cousteau decided that while the great whites do buy that he's a shark, they consider him more like a "retarded cousin from Australia."
... Full Story
Cousteau Sub Mimics Great White
By Alison Strahan, Wired News
The grandson of famous oceanographer and filmmaker Jacques Cousteau believes the best way to learn about sharks is to become one.
Fabien Cousteau, inspired as a child by the comic book Red Rackham's Treasure, where the main character, Tintin, adventures underwater in a shark-shaped submarine, decided as an adult to build his own.
"It's the same thought process as Jane Goodall or Diane Fossey. You don't want to separate yourself from the animal. You want to be part of the animal's realm," Cousteau said.
Cousteau enlisted the services of renowned Hollywood design engineer and animatronics expert Eddie Paul to build a great white submarine.
"It's extremely innovative" said Cousteau. "It's a 1,200-pound tool that looks, feels and moves like a great white shark."
...
...
Cousteau took off to Guadalupe Island, off the coast of Baja Mexico, late last year in one of several expeditions to film sharks. He immediately noticed differences in how they reacted to his sub.
"They approached me with caution in a way quite different from the typical footage seen in documentaries where the great white lunges toward the diver in the cage," he said.
Since Troy cannot respond in a sophisticated, sharklike manner, Cousteau decided that while the great whites do buy that he's a shark, they consider him more like a "retarded cousin from Australia."
... Full Story
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