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For as long as I can remember,
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I've been drawn to sharks.
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They're the most amazing
and mysterious animal on Earth.
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I thought if I studied them,
I could learn about life.
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About balance in the ocean
and how to survive on Earth.
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That the one animal
that we fear the most
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is the one we can't live without.
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Predator of the sea,
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terror of all men
who enter the ocean,
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the very symbol
of lurking danger:
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That is the shark.
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What is he really?
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We know little,
except the shark was here
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before the continents
took their present form,
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before the dinosaur lived,
and he is still here,
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essentially unchanged.
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One of the oldest living things
on Earth.
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How has the shark survived,
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when almost all that lived
in the beginnings
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has either perished or changed?
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Man must know all there is to know
about this enemy.
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Whether the shark
is really an enemy.
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If he is,
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how to protect against him.
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If he isn't,
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how to live with him.
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- You're told your whole life,
since you're a kid,
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sharks are dangerous.
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You're warned about venturing
too far into the ocean,
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but then finally
you're underwater,
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and you see the thing
you were taught
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your whole life to fear,
and it's perfect,
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and it doesn't want to hurt you,
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and it's the most beautiful thing
you've ever seen,
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and your whole world changes.
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Ever since I was little,
I've loved the ocean.
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Like many kids,
I tried fishing,
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but realized I was much happier
swimming with fish than catching them.
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Sharks were my favourite animals
on Earth,
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but all I'd heard about
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was how dangerous they were.
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I hated being afraid
and realized the only way
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to find out the truth about sharks
was to meet one for myself.
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I became
an underwater photographer
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and a biologist,
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and from that point on,
I followed sharks.
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So little is known
about what they really are
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and how important they are
to life on Earth.
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Two-thirds of the world's surface
is water,
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and over 80�/� of life on Earth
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lives in the ocean.
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I learned to dive
so I could get close to sharks,
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but photographing sharks
was harder than I thought.
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They're so afraid of us.
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Sharks can see us
with more than their eyes.
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They can sense our energy,
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and they viewed me as a threat.
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Sharks have been here
for more than 400 million years,
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150 million years
before the dinosaurs,
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when life had just begun on land.
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There was little oxygen
in the atmosphere,
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and only two continents.
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Sharks were shaping this world.
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Life on Earth
evolved from the sea.
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The first animals were tiny,
single-celled organisms
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that gave rise to algae, coral,
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and tiny planktonic animals.
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More invertebrates followed,
including squids and mollusks.
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One of the first vertebrates
with jaws,
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and the only large animal
that's remained unchanged
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for 400 million years,
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is the shark.
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New animals to evolve in the ocean
have been shaped by their predators,
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the sharks,
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giving rise to schooling behaviour,
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camouflage, speed,
size and communication.
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Sharks control
the populations below them,
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eliminating species
that were easy prey
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and creating new ones.
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Even though sharks
have very few young
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and take up to 25 years
to reach sexual maturity,
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they've managed to survive
through five major extinctions
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that wiped most life
from the planet.
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They're architects of our world.
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Most of what people
know about sharks
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they've heard from the media.
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The more time I spent with sharks,
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the more I realized that they're
nothing like what we're told.
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They are perfect predators
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that hold the underwater world
in balance,
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the lions and tigers of the seas.
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I spent so much time underwater
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so I could gain their trust
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and get close enough
to film them.
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Everything moved together,
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lived together,
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and died with a purpose.
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This shark and his relatives
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are long-established
enemies of man.
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He is a wicked,
unpredictable opponent.
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If sharks are in the area,
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you can repel them with sounds,
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by striking the surface of the water
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with your cupped hand.
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Or you can shout underwater.
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Among the visual methods
of preventing attacks
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are directing a stream of bubbles
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from your life preserver
in his direction.
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Tearing up paper
into small pieces
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and scattering them
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all around the raft.
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If a shark threatens to attack you
or damage the raft,
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do not try to shoot or knife him.
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Chances are you would only
slightly injure and infuriate him.
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Remember,
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his front end
is practically all mouth.
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Once in your raft,
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stay there and remain quiet.
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Remember that as a human being,
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you are smarter than a shark,
if you use your head.
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- Elephants kill more people
each year than sharks do,
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so there's some deep-seated
psychological revulsion
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about a cold-eyed monster
coming out of the deep
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and picking you to pieces,
but that is the myth, not the reality.
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- It's weird that white sharks
have such a bad reputation,
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because they really hardly bite.
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If we go into the statistics,
they are not the ones
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who bite the most.
Definitely not.
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And it's very hard, actually,
to approach a white shark.
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It's much easier to repel him
than to actually lure him in,
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bring him in,
and then trying to interact.
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So I think the main reason
why people are still afraid
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of a white shark
is based on the movie Jaws,
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and the misconception
is still floating around.
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And I think a big part
of the media still tries
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to present the white shark
as Jaws.
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- Three people were hurt Saturday
in another shark attack.
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- Time magazine is calling
it the "Summer of the Shark. "
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- And of course the question
being asked by some is:
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When will it be safe
to return to the water?
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- We love to have a monster,
we love to hate. So...
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And it's not good television
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if, you know, this monster
that we presented all these years
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actually is a very shy, hesitant animal
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that has a hard time,
like any other animal as well.
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So we like to have the monster,
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and that's why
it's still portrayed this way.
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I was on an assignment,
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photographing
the Galapagos Islands,
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600 miles from Ecuador,
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in the middle of the Pacific,
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in total isolation
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from the rest of the world.
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It's a world heritage site,
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full of species
found nowhere else on Earth.
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This is where Charles Darwin
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developed his theory of evolution.
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What I believe
is the whole planet was like this.
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I think animals
were amazingly abundant;
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I think whales
were amazingly abundant,
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fish were amazingly abundant;
turtles, birds, everything,
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before man got in there
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and really hacked
the whole thing to pieces.
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- I travelled 160 miles
from the centre of the Galapagos
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to Darwin and Wolf,
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two remote undersea volcanoes
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that barely broke the surface.
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One of the few places on Earth
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where hammerhead sharks
congregate in schools.
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We're just getting ready
to go in for a dive
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where there's supposed to be
congregating hammerhead sharks.
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The undersea currents come up,
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bringing nutrient-rich water
to the surface,
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which causes a ton
of tiny plankton feeders to school here,
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and the hammerhead sharks
come up as well,
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and they circle in the current
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and go back down at night
to feed on squid.
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So we're gonna go down
to maybe 130 feet
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and see if we can find
some schooling hammerhead sharks,
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possibly a silky shark or two.
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The Galapagos hosts
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one of the largest marine
reserves on Earth,
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where sharks
are cherished and protected.
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Hammerheads are some
of the most misunderstood species.
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They are incredibly shy animals.
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Hammerheads, like all sharks,
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have two more senses than people.
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They have lateral lines
running along the sides of their bodies,
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that can detect movement
in the water.
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Their heads
are a giant sensory system
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that detects electro-magnetic fields,
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enabling them to find food
that's hidden from view
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and to feel my heartbeat.
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They can feel me
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and know if I'm excited or scared.
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They're so afraid of us,
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that if I'm not calm,
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keeping my heart rate low,
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they won't come
anywhere near me.
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Hammerheads use
the Earth's magnetic field
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to follow undersea ridges
like road maps,
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navigating thousands of miles
through the oceans.
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Sharks are normally solitary,
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but hammerheads come together
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only at a few undersea pinnacles
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to socialize and mate.
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The schools are made up
of mostly females,
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with the largest vying
for position in the centre,
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where the males come
to look for mates.
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Dominant females,
which can be 12 feet long,
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control their position in the school
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using aggressive displays,
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pushing subordinate females
to the fringes.
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The schools break up at night,
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when they descend
into deeper water to feed.
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We know so little about sharks
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that a new species of hammerhead
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was just found
in the Atlantic Ocean in 2006.
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The shape of their head
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makes them one of the most
manoeuvrable and feared sharks.
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But the truth is,
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there's no record
of a hammerhead shark
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ever killing anyone.
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When we surfaced from the dive,
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we found two fishing boats
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trailing 60 miles of long lines.
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A line with 16,000 baited hooks
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that would stretch from Earth
to outer space.
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The boats fled,
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because long-line fishing
is illegal in the Galapagos,
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and we were left with the lines.
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I hopped in the water
as soon as I could
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and brought my cameras in
and tried to film,
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whatever I could find
on the long lines,
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and we swam for probably
two or three kilometres,
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pulling ourselves along the lines,
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and unclipping
every baited hook we could find.
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The first fish I found
was a seven-foot-long sailfish,
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and it was dead.
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It suffocated because it wrapped itself
up in the long line.
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So it couldn't keep swimming
to keep breathing.
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Farther along the line,
I found a dorado.
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It was still alive.
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It was swimming in a circle,
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the largest it could
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considering the long line
attached to it.
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I slowly pulled myself close
so I wouldn't scare it,
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and I cut it loose.
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Then I found the sharks.
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For 60 miles,
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sharks were dying on those lines.
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They struggle so much
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that they entangle themselves
and suffocate.
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There were only a few left alive,
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and I cut them loose.
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In total,
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we found 160 sharks,
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five sailfish,
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four dorado and a tuna.
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It felt like part of my family
was dying.
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Something shifted that day,
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and I changed.
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This is just a line,
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a long line with baited hooks on it,
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but many, many animals -
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most animals swimming around
in the surface waters
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are interested
in those baited hooks,
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so take the hooks
and subsequently get caught.
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And they may or may not be
what the fisherman are looking for,
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and things like leatherback turtles
or some marine mammals
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can simply get entangled
in that line of gear.
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There are more selective ways
of fishing,
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there's a lot of waste
that goes on out there.
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And I think one of the big reasons
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it continues to go on,
is because we don't see it.
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- We know that predators
are fundamental in controlling
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the structure and the functioning
of the ecosystems.
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So basically if you cut off
the head of the ecosystem,
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if you wish,
the top species,
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the top carnivores that control
a lot of the processes
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lower down in the food web,
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you're removing a really important
controlling agent,
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and that could cause upheaval
in the lower tropic levels
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like the plants
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and the zooplankton.
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The ocean is basically
the life-support system
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of the planet.
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To change
that life-support system
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in any major way
is a risky thing.
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We know from the past
that when oceans have changed
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that life on Earth has changed.
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- I needed to know
why people were killing sharks,
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and what I could do to stop it.
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So I left my job as a photographer
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and set out
to make a film about them,
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but they were gone.
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In places where I'd always
found hundreds of sharks,
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I only found a few.
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Shark populations have been decimated
all over the world
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and the last sharks
were being hunted down
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in the few remaining sanctuaries.
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Nobody noticed.
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Everyone wanted to save pandas,
elephants and bears,
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and the world
was afraid of sharks.
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- I read this story
about this boy who was 13, in Japan,
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and got swallowed whole.
It didn't even bite him,
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it just swallowed him.
Yeah?
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- And they cut out
and they found his body.
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And it wasn't even bit,
and that's scary.
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So if you're not seeing sharks here,
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why are you so afraid
of the water?
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Because they'll still bite you
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and I... I panic, I always panic.
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I'm such a wimp.
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Well, what are your chances
of being bitten by a shark?
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They must be so small.
- No, not really.
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- No, it's small. I've never seen
a shark here in my life.
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- I've never heard
of anywhere else
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getting bit by sharks
as much as here.
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That's true.
321
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- Not even in Daytona.
Here is like the worst.
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- Sharks rarely bite human beings,
but never because they're hungry,
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and say, "Ah, look,
there's something juicy over there. "
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They try to figure out what we are.
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They don't know what we are,
so they explore us.
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On the very rare occasions
they come that close,
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they actually can just do
an exploratory bite
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and that's why the majority of all bites
are very, very superficial.
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You hardly have
really serious bites.
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So that tells us something,
60 to 100 bites every year
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out of these millions and millions
of encounters
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that we have with these animals.
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So just based on that,
sharks cannot be dangerous.
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People think: Well, they're dumb,
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they're stupid.
That's not true.
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Their intelligence is quite amazing.
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They have short-term memories,
long-term memories,
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they can learn by observation.
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00:26:09,586 --> 00:26:12,483
So nothing is stupid or primitive
in these animals.
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00:26:12,523 --> 00:26:15,968
So all the ideas,
well, they just follow a blood trail,
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they just bite everything that is shiny.
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00:26:18,318 --> 00:26:22,429
Well, pretty quick you realize,
hey, that is all wrong.
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- In just one year,
crocodiles around the world
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wiped out as many people
as sharks have killed
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over the past 100.
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The crocodile is protected.
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00:26:52,659 --> 00:26:53,873
No?
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The sharks not?
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00:27:00,295 --> 00:27:01,431
Yeah?
350
00:27:02,448 --> 00:27:03,740
Yeah?
351
00:27:05,777 --> 00:27:07,108
So I should not...
352
00:27:07,187 --> 00:27:10,163
Like, it's not a good idea
to go swimming with sharks?
353
00:27:20,735 --> 00:27:23,985
- They're the scourge of the ocean
and everyone should go and catch one.
354
00:27:24,063 --> 00:27:26,608
All the greens can come around
and say that these things,
355
00:27:26,686 --> 00:27:29,545
"Let 'em live, let' em live. " Okay?
We can live on land too,
356
00:27:29,624 --> 00:27:32,873
but we don't go out there
and bite the bums off them, do we?
357
00:27:32,952 --> 00:27:34,753
But they come in here and get us.
358
00:27:34,792 --> 00:27:37,572
How bad
is the shark as a predator?
359
00:27:37,612 --> 00:27:40,510
You make it sound
as though it really is a direct threat
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00:27:40,588 --> 00:27:43,838
to human beings
who dare swim in the water.
361
00:27:43,916 --> 00:27:45,796
- Well, you try swimming,
with a shark like that
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00:27:45,874 --> 00:27:47,989
in 8 feet of water
and you'll find out,
363
00:27:48,067 --> 00:27:51,160
because we got no hope,
if they decide to eat us.
364
00:27:51,239 --> 00:27:53,979
But don't you think
that one effect of you going out
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00:27:54,058 --> 00:27:55,742
and capturing sharks
and talking this way
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00:27:55,781 --> 00:27:57,973
is that you bring about
an hysteria in people,
367
00:27:58,052 --> 00:27:59,305
they're going to panic?
368
00:27:59,383 --> 00:28:00,911
No, I've saved a lot of lives.
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00:28:00,989 --> 00:28:04,200
If it wasn't for me
and what I've done in the last 25 years,
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00:28:04,239 --> 00:28:05,805
there'd be a lot more people killed.
371
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:22,173
- The fact is,
sharks do not eat people.
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00:28:23,621 --> 00:28:26,715
If they did, I would've been eaten
a long time ago.
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00:28:28,086 --> 00:28:31,493
Most sharks have teeth
which are ineffective cutting tools,
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00:28:31,571 --> 00:28:33,803
and can't effectively remove flesh
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00:28:33,881 --> 00:28:36,191
from something larger
than their mouths.
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00:28:36,269 --> 00:28:38,149
One hundred needles in your leg
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00:28:38,228 --> 00:28:41,399
would have a tough time
removing a chunk of flesh.
378
00:28:41,477 --> 00:28:44,296
Most sharks lack
the equipment they'd need
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00:28:44,375 --> 00:28:48,369
to go after large animals like us,
and they know that.
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00:28:48,448 --> 00:28:51,228
They've evolved
to eat certain prey items,
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00:28:51,306 --> 00:28:53,421
and most sharks are picky eaters.
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00:28:54,908 --> 00:28:56,670
They won't bother wasting energy
383
00:28:56,710 --> 00:28:59,686
going after something
they know they can't eat efficiently.
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00:29:01,291 --> 00:29:03,249
When a shark mistake does happen,
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00:29:03,288 --> 00:29:06,891
the person inevitably
ends up back on shore.
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00:29:08,339 --> 00:29:09,670
In most shark attacks,
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00:29:09,749 --> 00:29:11,629
flesh is never removed.
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00:29:11,707 --> 00:29:14,214
Even in the odd case
where someone dies,
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00:29:14,291 --> 00:29:16,563
it's usually because of blood loss,
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00:29:16,602 --> 00:29:18,912
not because the shark
ate the person.
391
00:29:18,951 --> 00:29:22,044
A twelve-foot
or even a six-foot fish
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00:29:22,123 --> 00:29:24,903
could do anything it wanted
to a human,
393
00:29:24,943 --> 00:29:26,313
and they don't.
394
00:29:26,352 --> 00:29:29,719
It's a huge testament
to sharks' sensory systems
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00:29:29,759 --> 00:29:31,756
how few people
are attacked each year.
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00:29:31,795 --> 00:29:35,006
You wouldn't go for a run
next to a pride of lions,
397
00:29:35,084 --> 00:29:37,746
but we do this with sharks
all the time.
398
00:29:37,825 --> 00:29:40,253
There are millions of people
entering the water every year
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00:29:40,331 --> 00:29:41,976
in areas where sharks hunt,
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00:29:42,054 --> 00:29:44,090
and very few people are bitten.
401
00:29:44,169 --> 00:29:46,635
If they wanted to eat us,
they would.
402
00:29:52,470 --> 00:29:55,368
The mythology about sharks
has traditionally been,
403
00:29:55,446 --> 00:29:58,187
uh, they're kind of
the embodiment of evil
404
00:29:58,266 --> 00:30:01,006
and they have sharp teeth
and they kill people.
405
00:30:01,085 --> 00:30:05,548
But the fact is,
people used to think of whales that way,
406
00:30:05,627 --> 00:30:08,838
whales used to be
dangerous Leviathans.
407
00:30:08,916 --> 00:30:11,109
I mean,
just read Moby Dick, you know.
408
00:30:11,187 --> 00:30:13,732
Moby Dick was portrayed
by Captain Ahab
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00:30:13,772 --> 00:30:16,356
as being a monster of the deep.
410
00:30:16,434 --> 00:30:18,236
You know, a man hunter.
411
00:30:22,426 --> 00:30:24,188
But everything in the environment,
412
00:30:24,266 --> 00:30:26,420
everything that exists,
eats something else.
413
00:30:38,832 --> 00:30:41,182
We tend to be afraid
of spiders and snakes,
414
00:30:41,221 --> 00:30:43,531
but, you know,
we love puppy dogs and seals.
415
00:30:45,646 --> 00:30:49,052
Once people see whales or sharks
in a different light,
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00:30:49,131 --> 00:30:50,814
they can change their mind.
417
00:30:50,893 --> 00:30:52,225
These are beautiful creatures,
418
00:30:52,303 --> 00:30:54,182
absolutely beautiful creatures
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00:30:54,261 --> 00:30:57,510
that have every right in the world
to live on this planet.
420
00:31:42,855 --> 00:31:45,518
- I went to all the major
conservation organizations
421
00:31:45,596 --> 00:31:50,256
and there was virtually no one
doing anything to save sharks.
422
00:31:50,334 --> 00:31:52,214
- Are you really concerned
or you just wanna call names?
423
00:31:52,292 --> 00:31:53,584
- Oh, I am very concerned,
extremely concerned.
424
00:31:53,662 --> 00:31:56,168
- Well, then, let's see some action
instead of all of this whining.
425
00:31:56,207 --> 00:31:58,478
Then I met up with Paul Watson.
426
00:31:58,557 --> 00:32:00,123
What is my type, sir?
427
00:32:00,201 --> 00:32:02,746
- The renegade
of the conservation movement.
428
00:32:04,353 --> 00:32:07,015
He sunk a whole Norwegian
whaling fleet
429
00:32:07,093 --> 00:32:10,500
and ended pirate whaling
in the North Atlantic
430
00:32:10,578 --> 00:32:12,732
when no one else could.
431
00:32:12,811 --> 00:32:15,238
Paul was one of the original
activists in Greenpeace
432
00:32:15,317 --> 00:32:18,293
and he's been at war against poaching
for 30 years.
433
00:32:18,371 --> 00:32:20,407
- I set up the Sea Shepherd
Conservation Society in 1977
434
00:32:20,485 --> 00:32:22,639
as an organization
to intervene directly
435
00:32:22,717 --> 00:32:25,654
to uphold international conservation
laws, regulations and treaties,
436
00:32:25,732 --> 00:32:28,277
so it's not a protest organization,
437
00:32:28,356 --> 00:32:31,293
but an organization
to really fill a vacuum,
438
00:32:31,371 --> 00:32:35,443
because there really is no enforcement
agencies anywhere in the world
439
00:32:35,521 --> 00:32:38,145
to uphold these international
laws and treaties.
440
00:32:44,489 --> 00:32:46,486
They're trying to sink the ship;
441
00:32:46,564 --> 00:32:48,169
they are trying to sink the ship.
442
00:32:48,209 --> 00:32:51,459
- So part of the role of the activist,
like Paul Watson, is:
443
00:32:51,498 --> 00:32:53,651
"Don't let them get away with it,
444
00:32:53,730 --> 00:32:55,922
or make 'em do it in the light of day. "
445
00:32:56,001 --> 00:32:57,255
He's a hero,
446
00:32:57,293 --> 00:32:59,878
someone who just does
447
00:32:59,956 --> 00:33:02,501
what the politicians
haven't got the guts to do.
448
00:33:02,580 --> 00:33:04,028
Captain Paul Watson
449
00:33:04,107 --> 00:33:05,868
leads possibly the most violent,
450
00:33:05,947 --> 00:33:08,962
and radical, green movement
in the world.
451
00:33:09,041 --> 00:33:12,173
- Well, if you kill anybody,
I'm holding you personally responsible.
452
00:33:12,252 --> 00:33:15,737
You have no authority over us,
we're in international waters. Over.
453
00:33:15,814 --> 00:33:17,890
Move aside, get 'em!
454
00:33:21,218 --> 00:33:24,312
Launched from the gunboat,
police attack Sea Shepherd
455
00:33:24,390 --> 00:33:27,366
with tear gas bullets
and tear gas canisters.
456
00:33:27,445 --> 00:33:32,026
It's the first time in history
that an unarmed conservation vessel
457
00:33:32,065 --> 00:33:33,906
has been fired at.
458
00:33:36,020 --> 00:33:38,957
- No, really what we're here to do
is to, you know,
459
00:33:39,035 --> 00:33:42,442
to rock the boat, to make noise;
to make people think.
460
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:44,361
That's really the main objective
461
00:33:44,439 --> 00:33:46,279
of the Sea Shepherd
Conservation Society.
462
00:33:49,843 --> 00:33:51,957
Why aren't you people
doing anything?
463
00:33:55,402 --> 00:33:57,126
The only violence
that's being committed
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00:33:57,204 --> 00:33:58,692
is the illegal slaughter of whales,
465
00:33:58,770 --> 00:34:02,255
and that is violent
and that is the crime. Over.
466
00:34:16,626 --> 00:34:18,584
- Paul and Sea Shepherd
were launching a campaign
467
00:34:18,662 --> 00:34:22,852
against poaching in two of the world's
last sanctuaries for sharks:
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00:34:22,930 --> 00:34:24,654
The Galapagos, Ecuador,
469
00:34:24,692 --> 00:34:27,669
and in Cocos, Costa Rica.
470
00:34:29,431 --> 00:34:31,859
Cocos is a tiny island
in the middle of the Pacific,
471
00:34:31,898 --> 00:34:34,952
360 miles from Costa Rica.
472
00:34:35,030 --> 00:34:37,967
It's a national park
and a world heritage site
473
00:34:38,046 --> 00:34:41,139
with the greatest concentration
of sharks in the world.
474
00:34:43,488 --> 00:34:45,916
But Costa Rica has no money
to protect it,
475
00:34:45,995 --> 00:34:47,835
and poachers
raid the waters every day.
476
00:34:47,913 --> 00:34:50,341
No, it's been cut in the head!
477
00:34:50,419 --> 00:34:51,868
The sharks were being wiped out.
478
00:34:51,946 --> 00:34:54,609
Well, Jesus Christ,
put it out of its misery.
479
00:35:02,714 --> 00:35:06,356
- So the President of Costa Rica
asked Sea Shepherd for help.
480
00:35:07,766 --> 00:35:09,920
Why, it's illegal as well.
481
00:35:09,998 --> 00:35:12,778
- Paul was my kinda guy,
the only one I knew
482
00:35:12,857 --> 00:35:15,871
who was doing anything
to save sharks.
483
00:35:15,950 --> 00:35:20,061
He asked me to join the campaign
to stop the illegal fishing of sharks.
484
00:35:20,139 --> 00:35:21,353
Okay.
485
00:35:23,820 --> 00:35:25,583
I joined Paul in Los Angeles
486
00:35:25,622 --> 00:35:28,167
aboard the Sea Shepherd ship,
the Ocean Warrior,
487
00:35:28,245 --> 00:35:30,125
and we started our journey south,
488
00:35:30,203 --> 00:35:33,101
3,000 miles to Costa Rica.
489
00:35:35,411 --> 00:35:39,014
They repaint and rename the boat
on every new campaign
490
00:35:39,092 --> 00:35:42,028
to avoid being recognized
by the poachers.
491
00:35:42,068 --> 00:35:45,906
The Ocean Warrior has been
in battle against poachers
492
00:35:45,984 --> 00:35:48,529
dozens of times
and proudly displays its kill flags,
493
00:35:48,607 --> 00:35:52,053
the flags of boats it has rammed
or sunk, on the side of the ship.
494
00:35:52,092 --> 00:35:54,090
It's equipped with a can opener,
495
00:35:54,168 --> 00:35:55,616
a hydraulic steel blade
496
00:35:55,695 --> 00:35:58,161
that extends from the side of the boat
in case of battle.
497
00:36:01,490 --> 00:36:05,993
We traveled south on the open ocean
for 12 days straight.
498
00:36:09,165 --> 00:36:12,846
2,500 miles from Los Angeles
and 50 miles inside Guatemalan waters,
499
00:36:12,924 --> 00:36:16,017
we found a pirate long-lining boat
illegally poaching sharks.
500
00:36:16,096 --> 00:36:19,816
Doesn't take much
to catch illegal fishing around here,
501
00:36:19,894 --> 00:36:21,225
I'll tell ya.
502
00:36:21,304 --> 00:36:22,596
Jesus Christ,
503
00:36:22,674 --> 00:36:24,084
they're going slower.
504
00:36:25,454 --> 00:36:29,096
The Varadero was from Costa Rica
and had no permit
505
00:36:29,174 --> 00:36:32,502
to fish outside of Costa Rica
or inside Guatemala.
506
00:36:32,581 --> 00:36:33,873
Which way?
507
00:36:33,912 --> 00:36:35,478
We radioed Guatemala,
508
00:36:35,557 --> 00:36:38,298
who asked us to escort the boat
into port for arrest.
509
00:36:39,786 --> 00:36:42,645
We asked that they bring in their lines
and release any sharks
510
00:36:42,684 --> 00:36:44,563
that were caught,
511
00:36:44,602 --> 00:36:45,816
but they weren't releasing
the sharks.
512
00:36:45,895 --> 00:36:48,361
They're not answering?
513
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:50,476
We were racing them to the lines;
514
00:36:50,515 --> 00:36:53,804
every time they got ahead of us,
they killed more sharks.
515
00:36:54,118 --> 00:36:57,329
- All these boats,
from many countries,
516
00:36:57,407 --> 00:36:59,404
when they go fishing -
517
00:36:59,483 --> 00:37:02,145
and that's actually
everywhere in the world -
518
00:37:02,223 --> 00:37:04,729
all they want is profit.
519
00:37:04,768 --> 00:37:06,335
Once they've left port,
520
00:37:06,413 --> 00:37:09,272
it's like the ocean is a free place;
521
00:37:09,350 --> 00:37:11,660
you do what you want out there.
522
00:37:11,700 --> 00:37:13,814
They got another shark!
523
00:37:13,892 --> 00:37:15,419
Got a shark?
524
00:37:15,497 --> 00:37:17,651
Tell that guy
to release that shark.
525
00:37:17,730 --> 00:37:20,862
Tell him that if he doesn't release
those sharks,
526
00:37:20,901 --> 00:37:23,055
we're gonna sink his line.
527
00:37:24,817 --> 00:37:27,284
Hey, Rob, did you get a picture
of that shark?
528
00:37:27,323 --> 00:37:30,730
If he doesn't stop,
we'll run up ahead and grab the line.
529
00:37:30,769 --> 00:37:32,923
Actually hold on,
I'm gonna stop right here.
530
00:37:43,456 --> 00:37:46,706
Bring it up to the bow and see
if you can get it on the winch.
531
00:37:49,603 --> 00:37:51,248
Got their line?
Grab the line.
532
00:37:51,326 --> 00:37:54,068
If you can grab the line on...
Where's the next one?
533
00:37:55,359 --> 00:37:58,140
Get it? Goddamn,
as fast as we get up to it,
534
00:37:58,179 --> 00:37:59,589
they're pulling it off.
535
00:37:59,628 --> 00:38:02,682
- They wouldn't stop
killing sharks.
536
00:38:02,722 --> 00:38:05,815
The sharks were incredibly
important to them.
537
00:38:11,767 --> 00:38:14,273
They were killing them
for their fins.
538
00:38:15,996 --> 00:38:18,228
Shark-fin soup
is a symbol of wealth
539
00:38:18,307 --> 00:38:21,204
and served as a sign of respect.
540
00:38:21,282 --> 00:38:23,514
The soup has been around
for centuries,
541
00:38:23,592 --> 00:38:27,508
but only in the last two decades
has it boomed in popularity.
542
00:38:27,586 --> 00:38:29,231
The fin is tasteless,
543
00:38:29,310 --> 00:38:33,186
adding only texture to a soup
flavoured with chicken or pork broth.
544
00:38:33,264 --> 00:38:35,418
It became a status symbol,
545
00:38:35,457 --> 00:38:37,220
served at weddings, banquets,
546
00:38:37,297 --> 00:38:38,551
and expensive dinners.
547
00:38:38,589 --> 00:38:41,213
A single pound of fin
is worth more than $200 US,
548
00:38:41,291 --> 00:38:43,602
and the shark-fin industry
549
00:38:43,681 --> 00:38:45,990
is a billion-dollar juggernaut.
550
00:38:46,069 --> 00:38:49,045
Every year,
an estimated 30 to 70 million sharks
551
00:38:49,084 --> 00:38:51,551
are killed to support
a growing worldwide trade
552
00:38:51,590 --> 00:38:54,410
in their fins and other products.
553
00:38:54,448 --> 00:38:56,993
But the biggest prize is the shark fin.
554
00:38:57,072 --> 00:38:58,912
Half a world away,
in Hong Kong and China,
555
00:38:58,952 --> 00:39:00,597
shark-fin soup is a delicacy.
556
00:39:00,635 --> 00:39:02,671
It sells for up to $90 a bowl.
557
00:39:02,750 --> 00:39:04,747
It's a royal food;
558
00:39:04,825 --> 00:39:06,587
it's the food of the emperors.
559
00:39:06,627 --> 00:39:08,624
They make a soup out of the fins,
560
00:39:08,702 --> 00:39:10,973
and any Chinese chef
that's worth his weight
561
00:39:11,012 --> 00:39:13,557
has to be able to make
great shark-fin soup,
562
00:39:13,635 --> 00:39:16,651
as strange as that may seem,
and this is causing the demise
563
00:39:16,729 --> 00:39:18,727
of the populations of sharks
in the ocean.
564
00:39:36,229 --> 00:39:37,639
The word was out
565
00:39:37,678 --> 00:39:39,128
that fins meant money,
566
00:39:39,205 --> 00:39:41,594
and sharks were being killed
solely for their fins
567
00:39:41,673 --> 00:39:43,513
in virtually every country
with a coastline.
568
00:39:54,164 --> 00:39:56,709
There's so much money in fins,
569
00:39:56,787 --> 00:39:59,803
that only trafficking drugs
rivals fins for profit.
570
00:40:16,327 --> 00:40:20,047
- People thousands of years from now,
if we manage to survive,
571
00:40:20,125 --> 00:40:22,827
aren't gonna have much respect
for cultures
572
00:40:22,866 --> 00:40:26,272
that deprived them of the things
that we now have
573
00:40:26,391 --> 00:40:27,722
that diminish their world for them.
574
00:40:27,839 --> 00:40:30,659
They're not gonna have any respect
for those cultures at all,
575
00:40:30,698 --> 00:40:33,791
just as we don't have any respect
for the culture of slavery.
576
00:40:40,917 --> 00:40:44,402
- For the first time
in over 400 million years,
577
00:40:44,521 --> 00:40:46,047
sharks were prey.
578
00:40:53,839 --> 00:40:55,993
They were even killing whale sharks.
579
00:41:01,514 --> 00:41:03,198
The largest fish on Earth
580
00:41:03,277 --> 00:41:06,331
that eats only microscopic plankton
and has no teeth.
581
00:41:12,283 --> 00:41:16,316
They are the gentle giants
that roam the warm waters of the world
582
00:41:16,394 --> 00:41:18,156
following plankton blooms.
583
00:41:30,648 --> 00:41:33,232
We know nothing
about their life cycles,
584
00:41:33,310 --> 00:41:34,759
where they mate,
585
00:41:34,877 --> 00:41:36,757
or how long they live,
586
00:41:36,874 --> 00:41:39,654
though they're thought
to live as long as us.
587
00:41:47,289 --> 00:41:49,795
And now the whale shark,
along with their relatives,
588
00:41:49,874 --> 00:41:53,242
the great white shark
and the basking shark,
589
00:41:53,281 --> 00:41:54,808
are endangered.
590
00:42:16,657 --> 00:42:18,459
A large fin like this
591
00:42:18,498 --> 00:42:21,904
can now sell
for more than $10,000 in China,
592
00:42:21,944 --> 00:42:24,685
and conservationists say
the growing trade in shark fin
593
00:42:24,724 --> 00:42:27,896
has become a serious threat
not only to whale sharks,
594
00:42:27,974 --> 00:42:30,793
but also to other shark species
almost everywhere.
595
00:42:30,872 --> 00:42:32,673
By the time it gets to Asia,
596
00:42:32,752 --> 00:42:36,941
it's gonna be up to $200 US a pound
for the dry shark fin.
597
00:42:37,058 --> 00:42:39,878
So it goes from 80 cents here
to a myriad of middlemen,
598
00:42:39,917 --> 00:42:42,424
ending up at $200 US
from 80 cents,
599
00:42:42,502 --> 00:42:44,655
so it's a magical little process
600
00:42:44,733 --> 00:42:47,866
that we've gotta figure out
how it gets there.
601
00:42:47,944 --> 00:42:50,568
Yeah, it's the fin, fish.
602
00:42:50,608 --> 00:42:54,210
They make some kind of pills
of a shark fin.
603
00:42:54,288 --> 00:42:58,400
- In Asia, they think
because sharks don't get sick
604
00:42:58,438 --> 00:43:00,906
as easily as other animals do
605
00:43:00,906 --> 00:43:04,234
that sharks
have some magical power to heal,
606
00:43:04,312 --> 00:43:06,740
and it's all false information
607
00:43:06,779 --> 00:43:09,677
because sharks get cancer,
sharks get problems.
608
00:43:13,162 --> 00:43:15,354
- He doesn't want us to film.
- Not allowed to film?
609
00:43:15,433 --> 00:43:17,939
He tells us to leave.
610
00:43:18,017 --> 00:43:20,406
Uh, we just went in restaurant
Lun Fung and got kicked out.
611
00:43:20,484 --> 00:43:22,834
They do serve shark fin,
you can get it in a takeout form.
612
00:43:22,912 --> 00:43:25,731
You can even go to pharmacies
to buy shark fin in pill form,
613
00:43:25,809 --> 00:43:27,533
because of its powers
to make you strong.
614
00:43:27,611 --> 00:43:30,234
That shows you the misconceptions
everyone has about sharks,
615
00:43:30,274 --> 00:43:33,210
that they think because sharks
are resilient to some parasites,
616
00:43:33,250 --> 00:43:36,500
and they don't get sick
as often as people do,
617
00:43:36,578 --> 00:43:40,063
that if you eat sharks
that power's gonna transfer to you.
618
00:43:56,587 --> 00:44:00,777
- Some companies have capitalized
on the sharks' resilience to disease,
619
00:44:00,817 --> 00:44:04,066
marketing shark cartilage
as a cancer or arthritis treatment.
620
00:44:04,066 --> 00:44:06,925
But there's no scientific backing
to this at all.
621
00:44:07,004 --> 00:44:08,492
It's actually been proven
622
00:44:08,609 --> 00:44:10,763
to do nothing to cure disease,
623
00:44:10,841 --> 00:44:13,386
and now sharks are so contaminated
with mercury and other pollutants
624
00:44:13,464 --> 00:44:14,991
we've put in the ocean
625
00:44:15,070 --> 00:44:16,402
that eating shark products
626
00:44:16,479 --> 00:44:19,181
is more likely
to cause disease than cure it.
627
00:44:27,561 --> 00:44:29,714
The Varadero
continued finning sharks
628
00:44:29,793 --> 00:44:31,986
and throwing the bodies overboard.
629
00:44:34,178 --> 00:44:35,980
We tried to talk with them:
630
00:44:36,020 --> 00:44:39,348
They are illegally fishing
and they have to come with us.
631
00:44:39,465 --> 00:44:42,911
- It was easy to see their motivation -
money, big money -
632
00:44:42,989 --> 00:44:45,064
but they were poaching sharks
illegally.
633
00:44:45,104 --> 00:44:47,884
On instructions
from the authorities in Guatemala,
634
00:44:47,923 --> 00:44:50,742
we ordered them
to stop killing sharks
635
00:44:50,820 --> 00:44:52,739
and follow us into port.
Yeah, ask him.
636
00:44:52,817 --> 00:44:54,188
He's got to make a decision,
637
00:44:54,267 --> 00:44:57,947
whether we're gonna tow him
or he's going in under his own power.
638
00:44:58,064 --> 00:45:01,980
- They're dragging a shark!
- But they refused and took off.
639
00:45:02,020 --> 00:45:03,977
Now they decided to run from us.
640
00:45:04,056 --> 00:45:05,739
They know that if we take them there,
641
00:45:05,779 --> 00:45:08,363
they're gonna lose their boat there,
that's pretty sure.
642
00:45:08,441 --> 00:45:11,221
So we're gonna have to go back
and force them back.
643
00:45:11,300 --> 00:45:13,023
- We chased them
with water cannons,
644
00:45:13,062 --> 00:45:15,372
in hopes of flooding
or stalling their engines.
645
00:45:15,451 --> 00:45:17,487
So we can arrest them?
646
00:45:29,704 --> 00:45:31,192
We gonna hit 'em?
647
00:45:40,237 --> 00:45:41,725
Unless people are prepared
648
00:45:41,804 --> 00:45:44,270
to devote their lives
to solving these problems,
649
00:45:44,349 --> 00:45:46,229
nothing's really going to change.
650
00:45:46,307 --> 00:45:48,147
But you don't need everybody.
651
00:46:01,539 --> 00:46:02,831
You just simply need
a small percentage.
652
00:46:02,909 --> 00:46:04,789
Five, seven percent
is starting to make a big impact.
653
00:46:06,708 --> 00:46:09,213
Okay, let's get ready.
This is gonna be close.
654
00:46:22,997 --> 00:46:25,464
- The Varadero finally agreed
to follow us into port,
655
00:46:25,503 --> 00:46:27,814
where we could deliver them
to the authorities.
656
00:46:43,438 --> 00:46:45,356
About three hours from port,
we got word
657
00:46:45,435 --> 00:46:48,449
that Guatemala had sent a gunboat out
to come and arrest us.
658
00:46:52,287 --> 00:46:54,362
The Varadero
had pulled some strings.
659
00:46:54,402 --> 00:46:56,947
With so much money
in the fin industry,
660
00:46:56,986 --> 00:46:59,218
and much of it
on the black market,
661
00:46:59,296 --> 00:47:01,254
we knew something
had gone terribly wrong.
662
00:47:04,151 --> 00:47:06,188
Lives have been lost
over shark fins
663
00:47:06,305 --> 00:47:09,986
and we had no interest
in battling a Guatemalan gunboat.
664
00:47:10,064 --> 00:47:12,257
So we ditched the Varadero,
665
00:47:12,335 --> 00:47:14,451
and continued south
to Costa Rica.
666
00:47:16,408 --> 00:47:19,031
- The United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization,
667
00:47:19,071 --> 00:47:22,399
based in Rome,
is really the top UN body,
668
00:47:22,478 --> 00:47:25,218
the top international body
that deals with fisheries;
669
00:47:25,336 --> 00:47:28,625
they don't have
any rule-making authority
670
00:47:28,665 --> 00:47:30,308
over the international waters.
671
00:47:30,387 --> 00:47:32,462
Guess what? No one does.
672
00:47:32,541 --> 00:47:35,007
So until the countries of the world
come together
673
00:47:35,047 --> 00:47:38,219
to create some kind of body
that can actually make rules
674
00:47:38,297 --> 00:47:39,825
over the catch limits
675
00:47:39,902 --> 00:47:42,213
and conservation
for the deep seas,
676
00:47:42,291 --> 00:47:45,737
they're not going to be regulated
in any effective way.
677
00:47:45,776 --> 00:47:48,987
It's just basically
a hunting-and-gathering operation,
678
00:47:49,066 --> 00:47:51,571
and, in fact,
a pure exploitive operation,
679
00:47:51,650 --> 00:47:55,056
with people just taking
and not giving anything back.
680
00:47:55,096 --> 00:48:01,283
- Imagine if you went into the forest
and laid down some kind of trap line
681
00:48:01,361 --> 00:48:04,611
that caught, you know,
moose, deer, skunks, porcupines,
682
00:48:04,689 --> 00:48:05,668
squirrels, dogs,
683
00:48:05,747 --> 00:48:08,840
you know,
caught all these species -
684
00:48:08,918 --> 00:48:11,267
when really what you were only after
was one or two,
685
00:48:11,346 --> 00:48:13,891
or perhaps three or four,
but you had all these other species
686
00:48:13,969 --> 00:48:15,419
that were caught,
or dying or dead.
687
00:48:16,750 --> 00:48:19,178
I mean,
clearly it wouldn't last a day.
688
00:48:20,783 --> 00:48:22,153
I mean, you know,
689
00:48:22,192 --> 00:48:25,091
nobody could put a trap line down
for 30 miles
690
00:48:25,169 --> 00:48:28,614
and throw away half the animals
he or she killed or caught.
691
00:48:28,693 --> 00:48:30,807
Nobody would tolerate it
for a minute,
692
00:48:30,885 --> 00:48:34,880
but it's going on out there
on a massive scale every day.
693
00:48:36,720 --> 00:48:38,678
Oh
694
00:48:38,756 --> 00:48:40,793
Can't anybody see
695
00:48:45,804 --> 00:48:48,272
we've got a war to fight
696
00:48:50,974 --> 00:48:53,284
Never found our way
697
00:48:54,889 --> 00:48:58,609
Regardless of what they say
698
00:49:00,215 --> 00:49:04,874
How can it feel this wrong
699
00:49:08,986 --> 00:49:10,787
From this moment
700
00:49:10,866 --> 00:49:16,778
How can it feel this wrong
701
00:49:35,848 --> 00:49:39,176
How can it feel
702
00:49:39,254 --> 00:49:41,487
This wrong
703
00:49:47,752 --> 00:49:48,966
From this moment
704
00:49:49,044 --> 00:49:53,351
How can it feel
705
00:49:53,430 --> 00:49:55,622
This wrong
706
00:50:00,360 --> 00:50:03,611
- When we got to Costa Rica,
we were all over the news.
707
00:50:03,689 --> 00:50:06,821
The crew of the Varadero,
the illegal shark-fishing boat,
708
00:50:06,899 --> 00:50:09,445
claimed that we tried to kill them.
709
00:50:09,484 --> 00:50:11,638
Okay.
710
00:50:11,716 --> 00:50:14,066
I don't know what this is, either.
711
00:50:14,143 --> 00:50:16,650
- You know... you know what this?
- I don't know what it is.
712
00:50:16,689 --> 00:50:18,647
- Yeah, uh...
- It's the order.
713
00:50:18,725 --> 00:50:20,527
It's the order of the judge,
714
00:50:20,605 --> 00:50:22,915
it's the official order
to come on board
715
00:50:22,993 --> 00:50:24,168
and to make...
716
00:50:24,246 --> 00:50:28,710
- We were charged
with seven counts of attempted murder.
717
00:50:28,750 --> 00:50:31,099
- Crowded in here.
- We do what we normally do,
718
00:50:31,138 --> 00:50:33,213
and the tapes went to Canada
for processing.
719
00:50:33,292 --> 00:50:36,229
- They were after Paul
because he's the captain of the boat,
720
00:50:36,307 --> 00:50:39,517
and me because I filmed it
721
00:50:39,557 --> 00:50:41,514
and they wanted my footage.
722
00:50:41,593 --> 00:50:44,608
Do you have any form
to get your original information
723
00:50:44,687 --> 00:50:46,292
since the beginning
of this situation?
724
00:50:46,370 --> 00:50:47,898
Do I have any way to get that?
725
00:50:47,975 --> 00:50:49,346
- Yeah.
- No.
726
00:50:49,425 --> 00:50:52,636
- Someone else got it?
- Someone else has it.
727
00:50:52,714 --> 00:50:53,967
Okay...
728
00:50:54,045 --> 00:50:55,807
Arrest?
729
00:50:55,847 --> 00:50:57,178
Did you ask them?
730
00:50:57,256 --> 00:50:59,527
Can I ask them? Yeah, probably.
731
00:50:59,606 --> 00:51:00,976
What you have to do,
732
00:51:01,015 --> 00:51:04,265
you have to call them by phone
or what?
733
00:51:04,305 --> 00:51:07,202
- Uh, yeah.
- Could you call them, right now?
734
00:51:07,281 --> 00:51:08,612
- Right now?
- Yeah.
735
00:51:08,690 --> 00:51:10,609
It's important
to get that information.
736
00:51:10,687 --> 00:51:11,901
It's better...
737
00:51:11,980 --> 00:51:14,877
They set the fishing boat free...
738
00:51:14,955 --> 00:51:17,422
and we were being arrested
739
00:51:17,462 --> 00:51:21,690
And, uh, we have all of the law,
in all of Costa Rica here,
740
00:51:21,769 --> 00:51:23,100
talking to us.
741
00:51:23,178 --> 00:51:24,588
They want to see...
742
00:51:24,666 --> 00:51:27,486
- They're totally blank,
there's no pictures on them yet.
743
00:51:27,564 --> 00:51:30,265
- You sure they're not in here?
- Yeah.
744
00:51:30,305 --> 00:51:32,145
Not everyone's gonna fit;
745
00:51:32,184 --> 00:51:35,278
there's about this much room
in the whole room.
746
00:51:35,356 --> 00:51:38,685
It didn't make any sense
why they were arresting us
747
00:51:38,763 --> 00:51:41,191
and ignoring the fishing boat.
748
00:51:41,269 --> 00:51:43,932
We were invited here
by the President of the country
749
00:51:44,010 --> 00:51:45,812
to protect Cocos
from illegal fishing.
750
00:51:45,890 --> 00:51:48,317
What do you think
they're gonna do?
751
00:51:48,395 --> 00:51:50,314
I have no idea;
752
00:51:50,393 --> 00:51:52,311
I don't think they know
what they're doing.
753
00:51:52,390 --> 00:51:55,679
What kind of weapons
do you have on the boat?
754
00:51:55,758 --> 00:51:57,324
A shotgun.
755
00:51:57,402 --> 00:51:58,577
Can we see them?
756
00:51:58,655 --> 00:52:00,104
Oh, yeah, sure.
757
00:52:00,183 --> 00:52:01,788
There's just one.
758
00:52:01,866 --> 00:52:04,020
Yeah,
but there's one that's...
759
00:52:05,468 --> 00:52:07,779
- It wasn't an issue
between two boats anymore.
760
00:52:09,306 --> 00:52:12,555
They were going to stop us
from protecting sharks.
761
00:52:18,861 --> 00:52:20,701
The authorities left us
under house arrest,
762
00:52:20,779 --> 00:52:23,246
but we had to fight the charges
in court.
763
00:52:26,143 --> 00:52:28,376
Questions
I need to know is, one:
764
00:52:28,454 --> 00:52:30,725
What are the chances
of them seizing the ship,
765
00:52:30,764 --> 00:52:33,113
and what are the chances
of them arresting me, today?
766
00:52:33,192 --> 00:52:34,563
- We were summoned
to the courthouse,
767
00:52:34,641 --> 00:52:36,246
where we met with Milton,
our lawyer,
768
00:52:36,324 --> 00:52:39,653
to figure out our options
and try and find a way out of this.
769
00:52:39,731 --> 00:52:42,785
- How come everybody's ignoring
that the Varadero,
770
00:52:42,825 --> 00:52:45,487
one: Violated Guatemalan law,
Costa Rican law,
771
00:52:45,566 --> 00:52:48,894
and international law,
and we have the evidence on that.
772
00:52:48,972 --> 00:52:51,283
They cannot take sharks
for fins alone,
773
00:52:51,361 --> 00:52:53,358
they cannot fish
in Guatemalan waters,
774
00:52:53,436 --> 00:52:55,747
they cannot fish
outside of Costa Rica
775
00:52:55,825 --> 00:52:57,822
without a permit.
That's illegal!
776
00:52:57,900 --> 00:52:59,271
Everybody's ignoring that.
777
00:52:59,349 --> 00:53:00,837
Paul's been in this situation before,
778
00:53:00,915 --> 00:53:03,970
and he knows we're in big trouble
if we don't fight back.
779
00:53:04,048 --> 00:53:06,828
- Well, the fact is, if we were
in any Central American country
780
00:53:06,907 --> 00:53:09,569
other than Costa Rica,
we wouldn't even try this.
781
00:53:09,609 --> 00:53:13,054
One other thing: If they have a trial,
is it in Puntarenas;
782
00:53:13,132 --> 00:53:16,891
and if they have a trial,
is it a jury or a judge?
783
00:53:16,970 --> 00:53:18,967
- Three judges.
- Three judges?
784
00:53:19,045 --> 00:53:21,630
- Yes
- Is it in Puntarenas?
785
00:53:21,669 --> 00:53:23,940
Oh, geez,
you don't have a chance there.
786
00:53:24,018 --> 00:53:27,229
But I find it amazing
that the Costa Rican judicial system
787
00:53:27,308 --> 00:53:30,558
is coming at us so viciously
788
00:53:30,596 --> 00:53:34,004
when what they're defending
is an illegal fishing operation.
789
00:53:34,043 --> 00:53:36,000
And, of course, when you see
790
00:53:36,078 --> 00:53:38,663
the number of long-liners
that are operating,
791
00:53:38,742 --> 00:53:41,326
including Taiwanese long-liners
operating in Costa Rica;
792
00:53:41,404 --> 00:53:43,401
and the judicial system
in Puntarenas,
793
00:53:43,441 --> 00:53:46,808
they are certainly not interested
in anything to do with illegal fishing,
794
00:53:46,886 --> 00:53:49,666
but they seem to be very determined
to stop anybody
795
00:53:49,706 --> 00:53:51,977
who's going to interfere
with illegal fishing.
796
00:53:53,622 --> 00:53:55,266
Then I met William,
797
00:53:55,344 --> 00:53:57,381
a conservationist who believed
that the authorities
798
00:53:57,459 --> 00:53:59,808
were being paid out
by the Taiwanese Mafia,
799
00:53:59,886 --> 00:54:03,802
who ran the shark-fishing business
in Costa Rica.
800
00:54:03,880 --> 00:54:06,935
Finning sharks is illegal
in Costa Rica,
801
00:54:07,013 --> 00:54:08,853
but huge shipments
of Costa Rican fins
802
00:54:08,932 --> 00:54:10,538
were turning up all over Asia
803
00:54:10,615 --> 00:54:12,026
and no one knew how.
804
00:54:12,104 --> 00:54:14,414
William believed
that the Taiwanese
805
00:54:14,453 --> 00:54:15,902
had private docks
806
00:54:15,980 --> 00:54:18,447
where no one would know
if they were finning sharks.
807
00:54:19,935 --> 00:54:22,402
I needed to know
if William was right,
808
00:54:22,441 --> 00:54:24,281
if they were really finning sharks.
809
00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:28,159
So we broke house arrest
and went undercover into town.
810
00:54:29,725 --> 00:54:33,679
In all our time filming sharks,
we've never been so scared.
811
00:54:35,089 --> 00:54:37,203
There was a whole street
of shark-fishing operations
812
00:54:37,282 --> 00:54:38,652
along a secluded bay,
813
00:54:38,731 --> 00:54:40,376
all with private docks.
814
00:54:46,680 --> 00:54:49,577
These plants process,
pack and distribute shark fins
815
00:54:49,655 --> 00:54:52,553
coming mostly
from Costa Rica and Ecuador.
816
00:54:52,631 --> 00:54:55,568
They dry the fins on the roof,
817
00:54:55,647 --> 00:54:58,270
behind huge cement walls,
so no one can see them.
818
00:54:58,349 --> 00:55:01,168
Virtually all of the fins
are shipped to Asia,
819
00:55:01,246 --> 00:55:03,086
making it out of Costa Rica
820
00:55:03,165 --> 00:55:04,731
without being noticed.
821
00:55:08,804 --> 00:55:12,054
This operation had fins from nearly
a dozen different species of sharks.
822
00:55:20,904 --> 00:55:25,446
There were millions of dollars in fins
and dozens of illegal operations
823
00:55:25,524 --> 00:55:28,186
that the authorities
must have known about,
824
00:55:28,226 --> 00:55:30,105
all controlled
by big business in Asia.
825
00:55:36,371 --> 00:55:39,699
The fins were bringing Costa Rica
millions of dollars
826
00:55:39,777 --> 00:55:42,362
and we were trying to stop it.
827
00:55:42,440 --> 00:55:45,455
Now I knew
why we were being arrested
828
00:55:45,533 --> 00:55:48,588
and I knew
we were in serious trouble.
829
00:56:05,190 --> 00:56:08,127
I couldn't believe
how big the shark-fin trade was,
830
00:56:08,205 --> 00:56:10,672
especially in a country
that depends on ecotourism.
831
00:56:12,082 --> 00:56:13,844
At another fin operation,
I found a trailer
832
00:56:13,923 --> 00:56:15,959
sitting next to the building
and climbed on top
833
00:56:16,037 --> 00:56:19,209
to film the fins in broad daylight.
834
00:56:19,287 --> 00:56:21,127
There were at least 10,000 fins
835
00:56:21,206 --> 00:56:23,947
drying on the roof,
and the employees ran out,
836
00:56:23,986 --> 00:56:26,766
trying to push the fins
out of sight of my camera.
837
00:56:29,625 --> 00:56:31,935
Then they stormed out of the building
and headed straight for us,
838
00:56:31,974 --> 00:56:36,007
so we jumped into William's car
and took off.
839
00:56:36,046 --> 00:56:37,691
The corruption was real;
840
00:56:37,769 --> 00:56:41,450
we'd uncovered a huge
illegal-fin industry in Costa Rica
841
00:56:41,528 --> 00:56:43,565
that the authorities ignored.
842
00:56:43,643 --> 00:56:45,523
Taiwan donated
millions of dollars
843
00:56:45,601 --> 00:56:47,911
to Puntarenas -
building major highways,
844
00:56:47,950 --> 00:56:51,043
bridges and buildings -
and they didn't want any interference.
845
00:56:54,490 --> 00:56:56,878
One hundred million sharks
are killed each year
846
00:56:56,956 --> 00:56:59,189
to support a billion-dollar
shark-fin industry
847
00:56:59,267 --> 00:57:01,146
that Costa Rica was profiting from.
848
00:57:04,788 --> 00:57:06,785
I knew we were in serious trouble.
849
00:57:08,078 --> 00:57:10,505
We'd be lucky
to get out of Costa Rica.
850
00:57:14,108 --> 00:57:17,162
William told me
not to go back into town;
851
00:57:17,240 --> 00:57:20,255
the shark-fin Mafia
would be looking for me.
852
00:57:23,427 --> 00:57:26,560
Oh Sinnerman
where you gonna run to
853
00:57:26,638 --> 00:57:29,653
Sinnerman
where you gonna run to
854
00:57:30,632 --> 00:57:32,394
where you gonna run to
855
00:57:33,686 --> 00:57:34,940
All along dem day
856
00:57:35,018 --> 00:57:36,937
well I run to the rock
857
00:57:37,015 --> 00:57:39,639
Please hide me
I run to the rock...
858
00:57:39,717 --> 00:57:41,322
When we got back on the boat,
859
00:57:41,400 --> 00:57:43,515
we heard from our lawyer
that the Coast Guard
860
00:57:43,593 --> 00:57:46,764
was on their way to arrest us
and we would be detained indefinitely.
861
00:57:55,145 --> 00:57:58,238
We had to get out of there,
so we pulled anchor
862
00:57:58,277 --> 00:58:00,705
and made a break
for international waters.
863
00:58:00,783 --> 00:58:02,937
I said rock
864
00:58:02,976 --> 00:58:05,286
what's a matter with you rock
865
00:58:05,325 --> 00:58:07,675
- I think it's heading this way.
- How fast? 10?
866
00:58:09,555 --> 00:58:11,043
Within minutes,
867
00:58:11,121 --> 00:58:13,392
the Coast Guard was chasing us
with machine guns,
868
00:58:13,471 --> 00:58:16,251
telling us that they will shoot
if we don't stop.
869
00:58:16,290 --> 00:58:19,265
It was bleedin'
I run to the sea
870
00:58:19,344 --> 00:58:24,004
It was bleedin' I run to the sea
It was bleedin'
871
00:58:24,082 --> 00:58:27,019
- I don't like guys waving machine guns,
demanding to come on board.
872
00:58:27,097 --> 00:58:30,504
No, just the barbed wire right now.
It'll make it difficult for them...
873
00:58:30,582 --> 00:58:32,305
But we knew we couldn't stop.
874
00:58:32,384 --> 00:58:34,733
So we strung barbed wire
around the sides of the ship,
875
00:58:34,811 --> 00:58:38,766
so the Coast Guard couldn't
jump on board, and kept running.
876
00:58:38,845 --> 00:58:40,763
We're not stopping.
877
00:58:41,938 --> 00:58:43,818
Please hide me Lord
878
00:58:43,896 --> 00:58:48,086
Don't you see me prayin'
879
00:58:48,164 --> 00:58:50,866
Don't you see me
down here prayin'
880
00:58:50,905 --> 00:58:54,155
- Tell everybody to be very careful
if those guys got guns.
881
00:58:54,194 --> 00:58:56,896
If they shoot,
they're gonna be really stupid.
882
00:58:58,227 --> 00:58:59,715
Well, tell 'em to shoot.
883
00:58:59,794 --> 00:59:02,339
We're not stopping.
He said go to the devil
884
00:59:02,417 --> 00:59:04,728
All along dem day
885
00:59:04,805 --> 00:59:06,411
So I ran to the devil
886
00:59:06,490 --> 00:59:09,935
He was waitin'
I ran to the devil
887
00:59:10,013 --> 00:59:12,755
He was waitin'
Ran to the devil
888
00:59:12,833 --> 00:59:15,926
He was waitin'
We did everything right,
889
00:59:16,005 --> 00:59:18,041
we did everything
we were told to do.
890
00:59:18,119 --> 00:59:19,921
Uh, what do they want to do?
891
00:59:19,999 --> 00:59:21,918
Start another international incident
over this?
892
00:59:23,444 --> 00:59:25,794
Tell 'em we have to call our lawyer.
893
00:59:25,872 --> 00:59:29,749
See if we can call Milton on the radio
and tell him they're chasing us.
894
00:59:29,827 --> 00:59:32,216
Sinnerman you oughta be prayin'
895
00:59:34,330 --> 00:59:37,659
Oughta be prayin' Sinnerman
896
00:59:37,737 --> 00:59:39,695
Oughta be prayin'
897
00:59:39,773 --> 00:59:41,105
All on that day
898
00:59:41,144 --> 00:59:43,024
I cried power
899
00:59:43,062 --> 00:59:44,472
Power
900
00:59:44,550 --> 00:59:47,878
Power
Power
901
00:59:47,957 --> 00:59:50,385
- Finally, we made it out
of Costa Rican waters
902
00:59:50,463 --> 00:59:52,460
and the Coast Guard stopped.
903
00:59:59,352 --> 01:00:00,918
We continued southwest
904
01:00:00,997 --> 01:00:02,406
to the Galapagos,
905
01:00:02,485 --> 01:00:04,913
leaving Cocos to the poachers.
906
01:00:04,991 --> 01:00:07,458
The fins were worth
too much money
907
01:00:07,536 --> 01:00:10,238
and there was a whole industry
behind it.
908
01:00:10,277 --> 01:00:13,292
We knew we could never go back
to Costa Rica.
909
01:00:20,693 --> 01:00:22,063
Four days from Costa Rica
910
01:00:22,141 --> 01:00:24,412
and 800 miles later,
911
01:00:24,491 --> 01:00:27,389
we arrived
in the Galapagos Islands.
912
01:00:27,467 --> 01:00:29,856
Sea Shepherd was invited
by the national park
913
01:00:29,934 --> 01:00:32,558
to protect the marine reserve
from illegal fishing
914
01:00:32,636 --> 01:00:35,338
and we were making our way
through the archipelago
915
01:00:35,377 --> 01:00:38,000
to the main town of Santa Cruz,
916
01:00:38,040 --> 01:00:40,233
where we would meet with the navy
917
01:00:40,311 --> 01:00:41,916
who control the park.
918
01:00:44,618 --> 01:00:47,555
Although the Galapagos
is a marine reserve,
919
01:00:47,594 --> 01:00:49,200
some fishing has always
been allowed
920
01:00:49,278 --> 01:00:51,118
to provide the island residents
with food.
921
01:00:53,154 --> 01:00:54,956
The fishermen soon realized
922
01:00:55,034 --> 01:00:57,618
that their underwater treasure
was worth a fortune
923
01:00:57,696 --> 01:01:00,242
and started
shipping their catch overseas.
924
01:01:00,320 --> 01:01:02,865
The government noticed
and started imposing quotas
925
01:01:02,905 --> 01:01:05,136
to protect the resource,
926
01:01:05,214 --> 01:01:07,447
but the fishermen rioted,
927
01:01:07,525 --> 01:01:09,130
destroying national-park offices,
928
01:01:09,209 --> 01:01:11,246
holding national-park officials
hostage,
929
01:01:11,323 --> 01:01:14,965
and threatening to kill
the last giant tortoises.
930
01:01:15,043 --> 01:01:17,432
The government gave in
931
01:01:17,510 --> 01:01:19,351
and raised the quotas.
932
01:01:45,547 --> 01:01:48,640
- Ecuador is on the side
of conserving the Galapagos,
933
01:01:48,680 --> 01:01:51,891
but laws written down
and laws applied
934
01:01:51,930 --> 01:01:54,867
are something very different.
935
01:01:54,945 --> 01:01:58,078
And one of the problems
with the extraction of resources
936
01:01:58,156 --> 01:02:01,641
is that we really often don't understand
how ecosystems work.
937
01:02:02,933 --> 01:02:04,303
At this present moment,
938
01:02:04,382 --> 01:02:07,867
sharks are protected
within the marine reserve.
939
01:02:07,906 --> 01:02:10,569
It is not legal to take sharks.
940
01:02:12,487 --> 01:02:17,147
One of the very strong pressures
at this time in Galapagos
941
01:02:17,186 --> 01:02:19,301
is to open long-lining.
942
01:02:20,632 --> 01:02:23,843
Then you're really talking
about a shark fishery.
943
01:02:26,232 --> 01:02:28,228
We know relatively little
944
01:02:28,307 --> 01:02:31,910
about the general ecology
of the ocean
945
01:02:31,988 --> 01:02:34,063
and to risk removing
946
01:02:34,141 --> 01:02:36,921
a large number of predators
from the area
947
01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:38,801
may have consequences
948
01:02:38,880 --> 01:02:41,464
which we have
absolutely no concept of.
949
01:02:51,371 --> 01:02:53,877
Shark finning is a very profitable
and cheap way
950
01:02:53,955 --> 01:02:56,618
to make a lot of money,
951
01:02:56,657 --> 01:03:00,729
and it has the similar sort of ring,
financially,
952
01:03:00,808 --> 01:03:02,491
to sea cucumbers.
953
01:03:05,350 --> 01:03:07,856
And even
with the humble sea cucumber,
954
01:03:07,895 --> 01:03:09,696
we're already changing situations.
955
01:03:14,278 --> 01:03:17,176
I doubt very much
there'll be a sea-cucumber industry,
956
01:03:17,254 --> 01:03:19,878
simply because
the resource is gone.
957
01:03:24,067 --> 01:03:27,709
- A few men from some
of the cucumber fishing boats -
958
01:03:27,787 --> 01:03:29,980
they're actually
fishing here illegally -
959
01:03:30,019 --> 01:03:33,073
just came up to our boat
to ask if we had any advice,
960
01:03:33,152 --> 01:03:35,463
because they had two of their fishermen
that were bent.
961
01:03:35,501 --> 01:03:37,420
One man had been bent
for four days,
962
01:03:37,498 --> 01:03:39,065
he'd had severe pain
in his shoulders
963
01:03:39,143 --> 01:03:41,962
and it hasn't gone away;
another guy got bent today.
964
01:03:42,041 --> 01:03:44,625
He went back down,
did some in-water recompression,
965
01:03:44,704 --> 01:03:46,426
came back up and feels fine.
966
01:03:46,504 --> 01:03:48,775
If he's been bent four days
and has severe problems
967
01:03:48,854 --> 01:03:50,968
in his shoulder,
he needs to get into a chamber.
968
01:03:51,008 --> 01:03:54,297
The bends is a disease
caused by diving too deep
969
01:03:54,375 --> 01:03:56,176
and surfacing quickly.
970
01:03:56,255 --> 01:03:58,447
It's incredibly painful
and you can die
971
01:03:58,526 --> 01:04:00,992
if you don't get
to a recompression chamber.
972
01:04:01,071 --> 01:04:04,870
If someone's paying them
to go diving for cucumbers,
973
01:04:04,948 --> 01:04:07,610
someone should be able
to pay to take them back
974
01:04:07,689 --> 01:04:09,803
to Santa Cruz
to get to a chamber.
975
01:04:09,881 --> 01:04:11,643
Because he's really sick.
976
01:04:11,683 --> 01:04:13,993
He could die
if he doesn't get to a chamber.
977
01:04:16,891 --> 01:04:20,415
But the problem is,
they have 12 days left of fishing,
978
01:04:20,454 --> 01:04:24,017
so they don't want to go back
to Santa Cruz to go to the chamber.
979
01:04:24,095 --> 01:04:26,406
Lose four days of fishing,
980
01:04:26,485 --> 01:04:28,364
or lose your man?
981
01:04:30,909 --> 01:04:33,924
The cucumbers were worth more
than the lives of the fisherman.
982
01:04:36,312 --> 01:04:38,035
With the cucumbers nearly gone,
983
01:04:38,114 --> 01:04:41,168
the fishermen are pushing
to legalize long-lining,
984
01:04:41,247 --> 01:04:43,635
which catches mostly sharks.
985
01:04:43,713 --> 01:04:46,612
Sharks have always been protected
in the Galapagos.
986
01:04:46,689 --> 01:04:49,117
Now that Costa Rica
was finning sharks,
987
01:04:49,195 --> 01:04:52,328
the Galapagos is one
of the last strongholds for sharks.
988
01:04:54,482 --> 01:04:56,087
Legalizing long-lining here
989
01:04:56,127 --> 01:04:59,063
would wipe out
more than just sharks.
990
01:04:59,103 --> 01:05:01,804
Every animal and ecosystem
in the Galapagos
991
01:05:01,883 --> 01:05:04,193
depends on the ocean
for survival.
992
01:05:13,199 --> 01:05:15,000
Sharks have a really tough time
993
01:05:15,079 --> 01:05:17,311
catching seals and sea lions.
994
01:05:17,389 --> 01:05:20,052
They shaped these animals,
putting pressure on them
995
01:05:20,130 --> 01:05:22,480
so they evolved ways
of avoiding sharks.
996
01:05:25,691 --> 01:05:28,040
The seal evolved
hyper-mobile backbones,
997
01:05:28,119 --> 01:05:31,211
making them extremely agile
in the water
998
01:05:31,290 --> 01:05:32,973
and a difficult target for sharks.
999
01:05:34,579 --> 01:05:37,516
The sharks have to ambush the seals
or find an injured one.
1000
01:05:38,808 --> 01:05:40,922
To ambush a seal,
they swim below,
1001
01:05:41,001 --> 01:05:42,607
out of visible range,
1002
01:05:42,685 --> 01:05:45,935
looking for the silhouette
of a seal -
1003
01:05:46,013 --> 01:05:50,046
a very similar silhouette
to a human on the surface.
1004
01:05:50,477 --> 01:05:52,826
A healthy seal
moves through the water
1005
01:05:52,865 --> 01:05:54,550
without any noise or bubbles.
1006
01:05:54,628 --> 01:05:56,547
But an injured one
will flail about,
1007
01:05:56,625 --> 01:05:58,309
creating a disturbance
in the water,
1008
01:05:58,387 --> 01:06:02,068
just like humans when we swim.
1009
01:06:02,146 --> 01:06:05,553
It's amazing how few people
are attacked each year,
1010
01:06:05,631 --> 01:06:08,333
considering how much
we look like shark food.
1011
01:06:08,411 --> 01:06:10,683
- We treat animals differently,
but they're all doing the same thing.
1012
01:06:10,721 --> 01:06:13,619
So the cute little baby harp seal
grows up and goes out and eats fish,
1013
01:06:13,697 --> 01:06:15,890
just as viciously as a shark.
1014
01:06:15,968 --> 01:06:18,788
But we think of the seal
as sort of cute and cuddly,
1015
01:06:18,827 --> 01:06:20,941
and we think of the shark
as something vicious,
1016
01:06:21,020 --> 01:06:22,390
but that's just human mythology.
1017
01:06:52,816 --> 01:06:54,970
Then my mission stopped cold,
1018
01:06:55,008 --> 01:06:58,258
I had a pain in my leg
and was taken to the hospital.
1019
01:06:59,707 --> 01:07:02,057
It was diagnosed
as flesh-eating disease.
1020
01:07:02,135 --> 01:07:04,837
Doctors said
I was lucky to be alive,
1021
01:07:04,876 --> 01:07:06,951
that I would only lose my leg.
1022
01:07:09,262 --> 01:07:12,394
I had a pain in my lymph gland
to the right of -
1023
01:07:12,472 --> 01:07:14,117
to the left of my groin -
1024
01:07:14,157 --> 01:07:17,250
and I came to the hospital,
asked them what's wrong;
1025
01:07:17,328 --> 01:07:21,714
they said I got Staphylococcal
bacteria in my leg.
1026
01:07:21,792 --> 01:07:24,886
Staphylococcus,
or flesh-eating disease,
1027
01:07:24,925 --> 01:07:26,883
infects the body through any wound,
1028
01:07:26,961 --> 01:07:30,955
even a tiny cut,
like the ones I had on my feet.
1029
01:07:31,033 --> 01:07:34,087
It destroys tissue,
consuming the body,
1030
01:07:34,166 --> 01:07:37,220
and if untreated, can kill you.
1031
01:07:40,823 --> 01:07:43,799
I was hospitalized,
fighting to save my leg.
1032
01:07:45,718 --> 01:07:48,301
Watching the IV
of antibiotics and saline solution
1033
01:07:48,380 --> 01:07:50,142
drip into my arm.
1034
01:07:50,220 --> 01:07:53,431
Now that I couldn't be
in the ocean,
1035
01:07:53,471 --> 01:07:55,976
they were dripping the ocean
into me.
1036
01:07:58,561 --> 01:08:00,832
I'll be fine, okay?
1037
01:08:00,911 --> 01:08:02,868
I promise.
1038
01:08:02,946 --> 01:08:06,197
I lay there, watching the red line
creep up my leg.
1039
01:08:07,528 --> 01:08:11,287
It was halfway through my thigh
and if it made it to my hip,
1040
01:08:11,366 --> 01:08:14,263
I would lose more than my leg.
1041
01:08:16,182 --> 01:08:18,962
I'm probably way more likely
to die working in Toronto than here.
1042
01:08:24,835 --> 01:08:28,203
Dude... Brian, don't get stressed
and don't get upset, okay?
1043
01:08:29,653 --> 01:08:33,333
It's fine, it's just...
it's just another bump, alright?
1044
01:08:34,743 --> 01:08:37,014
Then I heard from Paul.
1045
01:08:37,092 --> 01:08:39,598
He said there was nothing
they could do,
1046
01:08:39,637 --> 01:08:42,887
Sea Shepherd was being
kicked out of the Galapagos...
1047
01:08:45,315 --> 01:08:48,565
...because the Galapagos
had legalized long-lining.
1048
01:08:51,032 --> 01:08:53,773
The fishermen wanted more money
and had turned to shark fins.
1049
01:08:53,851 --> 01:08:56,201
The government gave in,
1050
01:08:56,279 --> 01:08:59,255
and long-lining was legalized.
1051
01:09:00,155 --> 01:09:02,545
Now we've lost Cocos
and the Galapagos
1052
01:09:02,623 --> 01:09:04,502
to the fin industry.
1053
01:09:05,951 --> 01:09:08,849
I think the world needs to know
1054
01:09:08,927 --> 01:09:10,610
that sharks are probably
1055
01:09:10,650 --> 01:09:13,000
the most threatened
group of species
1056
01:09:13,038 --> 01:09:16,210
that we have
in the ocean right now.
1057
01:09:16,288 --> 01:09:19,147
And that a lot of shark species
are declining very rapidly;
1058
01:09:19,225 --> 01:09:21,927
that this is not
a natural phenomenon.
1059
01:09:21,967 --> 01:09:25,451
It's because of fishing
and other human impacts
1060
01:09:25,529 --> 01:09:30,973
and that there's a lot we can do
about this to change it.
1061
01:09:32,930 --> 01:09:35,906
- Sharks are going to be difficult
to conserve,
1062
01:09:35,985 --> 01:09:39,705
because on one hand,
you have people afraid of them
1063
01:09:39,783 --> 01:09:43,190
and not really wanting
to go anywhere near them.
1064
01:09:43,229 --> 01:09:45,656
People can sort of fish them
with impunity.
1065
01:09:45,735 --> 01:09:47,849
There's nobody
looking after the sharks.
1066
01:09:47,928 --> 01:09:49,572
There's no campaign,
1067
01:09:49,651 --> 01:09:51,295
like a Greenpeace campaign,
1068
01:09:51,374 --> 01:09:53,057
to save the sharks.
1069
01:11:48,063 --> 01:11:50,569
Paul left to start a campaign
1070
01:11:50,648 --> 01:11:53,506
against illegal whaling
in Antarctica.
1071
01:11:53,819 --> 01:11:55,895
And I was alone.
1072
01:11:57,696 --> 01:12:00,672
Two of the world's
last sanctuaries for sharks
1073
01:12:00,750 --> 01:12:02,747
were going to be wiped out.
1074
01:12:02,786 --> 01:12:05,410
During my last six days
in the hospital,
1075
01:12:05,448 --> 01:12:08,386
more than 1.5 million sharks
had been killed.
1076
01:12:09,678 --> 01:12:12,106
Everyone told me to go home,
1077
01:12:12,184 --> 01:12:13,320
forget about sharks,
1078
01:12:13,398 --> 01:12:15,825
and try and save my leg.
1079
01:12:15,865 --> 01:12:19,859
I didn't know if what I was doing
made sense anymore,
1080
01:12:19,976 --> 01:12:21,935
but all I could think about
1081
01:12:22,012 --> 01:12:24,009
was getting back underwater
with sharks.
1082
01:12:29,139 --> 01:12:31,881
Sharks' presence in the ocean
has provided a framework
1083
01:12:31,919 --> 01:12:34,073
for the populations below them,
1084
01:12:34,112 --> 01:12:35,640
including phytoplankton,
1085
01:12:35,718 --> 01:12:38,459
tiny aquatic plants
that consume more carbon dioxide
1086
01:12:38,576 --> 01:12:40,220
than anything else on Earth.
1087
01:12:40,299 --> 01:12:42,884
Carbon dioxide
is the global-warming gas,
1088
01:12:42,922 --> 01:12:45,115
and plankton converts it to oxygen,
1089
01:12:45,193 --> 01:12:48,561
providing 70�/� of the oxygen
we breathe on land.
1090
01:12:48,640 --> 01:12:50,402
Without sharks to prey on them,
1091
01:12:50,480 --> 01:12:53,142
plankton feeders below sharks
could grow out of control,
1092
01:12:53,221 --> 01:12:55,962
consuming the plankton
that we depend on for survival.
1093
01:12:57,410 --> 01:12:59,800
The ocean
is the most important ecosystem,
1094
01:12:59,878 --> 01:13:03,715
regulating climate
and feeding much of the planet.
1095
01:13:03,794 --> 01:13:06,926
Life on land
depends on life in the ocean.
1096
01:13:08,022 --> 01:13:11,821
I finally realized
that it's not just about saving sharks,
1097
01:13:11,900 --> 01:13:14,523
it's about saving ourselves.
1098
01:13:17,303 --> 01:13:20,201
There was nothing I could do
to save sharks in the Galapagos,
1099
01:13:20,279 --> 01:13:23,255
but shark finning
was still illegal in Costa Rica.
1100
01:13:23,294 --> 01:13:25,643
If I could get back
into Costa Rica,
1101
01:13:25,683 --> 01:13:27,680
maybe I could finally
get to Cocos
1102
01:13:27,757 --> 01:13:29,794
and do something
to stop the finning.
1103
01:13:31,204 --> 01:13:33,827
I lay there,
hoping the red line would stop,
1104
01:13:33,906 --> 01:13:36,177
and after a week it did.
1105
01:13:36,999 --> 01:13:40,328
The infection subsided
and I was finally free.
1106
01:13:41,933 --> 01:13:43,578
I think the problem is,
1107
01:13:43,656 --> 01:13:46,632
that we don't really understand
what we are.
1108
01:13:46,671 --> 01:13:49,765
In essence,
we're, uh, you know,
1109
01:13:49,803 --> 01:13:52,074
just a conceited naked ape,
1110
01:13:52,114 --> 01:13:55,050
but in our minds
we're some sort of divine legend
1111
01:13:55,129 --> 01:13:58,496
and we see ourselves
as some sort of god,
1112
01:13:58,575 --> 01:14:02,725
that we can walk around the Earth
deciding who will live and who will die,
1113
01:14:02,765 --> 01:14:05,467
and what will be destroyed
and what will be saved.
1114
01:14:05,545 --> 01:14:09,421
But the fact is, we're just a bunch
of primates out of control.
1115
01:14:27,825 --> 01:14:30,567
We're now in the midst
of a Third World War,
1116
01:14:30,645 --> 01:14:32,367
but this time
the enemy is ourselves
1117
01:14:32,407 --> 01:14:35,383
and the objective is to save
the planet from ourselves.
1118
01:14:35,461 --> 01:14:38,163
There is no hope
for the masses of humanity
1119
01:14:38,202 --> 01:14:39,573
to do anything.
1120
01:14:39,612 --> 01:14:41,687
They never have, they never will.
1121
01:14:41,727 --> 01:14:45,407
All social change comes
from the passionate intervention
1122
01:14:45,486 --> 01:14:48,305
of individuals
or small groups of individuals.
1123
01:14:49,518 --> 01:14:52,534
Slavery wasn't ended
by any government or any institution.
1124
01:14:52,573 --> 01:14:55,236
Women got the right to vote
1125
01:14:55,275 --> 01:14:57,350
not because of any government.
1126
01:14:57,389 --> 01:15:01,540
The civil-rights movement,
the same thing -
1127
01:15:01,618 --> 01:15:05,260
India with Mahatma Gandhi,
South Africa with Nelson Mandela.
1128
01:15:05,377 --> 01:15:07,453
Again, it's always individuals.
1129
01:15:07,492 --> 01:15:09,136
You need those individuals
1130
01:15:09,176 --> 01:15:11,134
with the passion and the energy
to get involved.
1131
01:15:11,251 --> 01:15:12,895
In fact, I don't know
1132
01:15:12,935 --> 01:15:14,580
of any governments or institutions
1133
01:15:14,657 --> 01:15:16,811
that are doing anything
to solve any of these problems.
1134
01:15:17,986 --> 01:15:20,610
All over the world, though,
I am seeing individuals
1135
01:15:20,649 --> 01:15:22,920
and non-government organizations
that are passionately involved
1136
01:15:23,038 --> 01:15:26,405
in protecting ecosystems
and species,
1137
01:15:26,483 --> 01:15:28,716
and that's where I see
some optimism,
1138
01:15:28,794 --> 01:15:30,713
that's where results
are happening.
1139
01:15:50,722 --> 01:15:52,014
Okay...
1140
01:15:52,092 --> 01:15:53,424
here we go.
1141
01:15:53,502 --> 01:15:56,635
As soon as I was let out
of the hospital,
1142
01:15:56,713 --> 01:15:59,572
I started making my way
back to Costa Rica.
1143
01:15:59,649 --> 01:16:03,409
Costa Rica was the last place
on Earth I should go.
1144
01:16:03,487 --> 01:16:05,249
I would be arrested immediately
1145
01:16:05,328 --> 01:16:07,833
if they found out I was there.
1146
01:16:07,873 --> 01:16:10,261
So I had to sneak in.
1147
01:16:10,340 --> 01:16:12,650
I took a boat
from the Galapagos Islands
1148
01:16:12,728 --> 01:16:14,177
to mainland Ecuador.
1149
01:16:14,255 --> 01:16:16,096
My friends in Costa Rica
1150
01:16:16,174 --> 01:16:19,150
told me not to fly back
into the country,
1151
01:16:19,190 --> 01:16:21,852
that I'd be caught if I did.
1152
01:16:25,532 --> 01:16:27,412
I had to avoid any major ports,
1153
01:16:27,451 --> 01:16:29,684
the police and the Coast Guard.
1154
01:16:29,762 --> 01:16:31,798
Even if I made it to the coast,
1155
01:16:31,876 --> 01:16:34,383
I'd also have to avoid
the shark-fin Mafia.
1156
01:16:41,234 --> 01:16:42,801
To avoid capture,
1157
01:16:42,879 --> 01:16:44,681
I travelled overland for days,
1158
01:16:44,720 --> 01:16:46,913
using public transportation
and tour buses
1159
01:16:46,952 --> 01:16:49,184
to get back into the country.
1160
01:16:49,262 --> 01:16:51,572
Still going, this bus?
1161
01:16:51,611 --> 01:16:54,705
I only narrowly escaped arrest
a few weeks earlier,
1162
01:16:54,744 --> 01:16:57,211
but I had to find a way in
1163
01:16:57,250 --> 01:16:59,717
and find a way
to help the sharks.
1164
01:17:05,670 --> 01:17:08,371
Avoiding arrest and staying
on public buses,
1165
01:17:08,410 --> 01:17:10,681
I made it to the coast
1166
01:17:10,721 --> 01:17:13,188
and entered Puntarenas.
1167
01:17:19,648 --> 01:17:23,290
Instead of the shark-fin Mafia
I was expecting to greet me,
1168
01:17:23,407 --> 01:17:25,914
there were protests
in the streets.
1169
01:17:27,519 --> 01:17:30,769
Costa Ricans were rallying
against shark finning.
1170
01:17:30,847 --> 01:17:33,706
The publicity surrounding our case
brought the shark-finning industry
1171
01:17:33,784 --> 01:17:35,194
into the spotlight.
1172
01:17:35,272 --> 01:17:37,739
We hadn't totally failed
in saving sharks.
1173
01:17:39,305 --> 01:17:42,047
We helped awaken a country
and the people.
1174
01:17:43,456 --> 01:17:44,827
Costa Ricans were outraged;
1175
01:17:44,944 --> 01:17:48,272
they held protests
against the private docks
1176
01:17:48,351 --> 01:17:50,309
and spoke out
against the corruption.
1177
01:17:51,914 --> 01:17:54,342
The world had started
rallying for sharks.
1178
01:18:07,459 --> 01:18:10,201
The police were busy
with the protest
1179
01:18:10,240 --> 01:18:12,706
and the Mafia was in hiding.
1180
01:18:14,429 --> 01:18:17,523
Now I knew I could make it to Cocos
without getting caught.
1181
01:18:23,906 --> 01:18:26,920
I found my friends
and we headed back out to sea.
1182
01:18:43,132 --> 01:18:45,207
Returning underwater,
1183
01:18:45,286 --> 01:18:48,223
finally I could swim
with sharks again,
1184
01:18:48,301 --> 01:18:51,746
in one of the last places on Earth
where sharks thrive.
1185
01:18:54,136 --> 01:18:56,759
Free diving...
1186
01:18:56,798 --> 01:18:59,109
I hold my breath and stay calm
1187
01:18:59,147 --> 01:19:01,458
so they're not afraid of me.
1188
01:19:06,509 --> 01:19:08,702
Ever since I was a kid,
1189
01:19:08,781 --> 01:19:10,229
I've loved sharks.
1190
01:19:15,123 --> 01:19:17,277
They taught me about life,
1191
01:19:17,316 --> 01:19:20,449
and that fear
was something I made up,
1192
01:19:20,527 --> 01:19:22,446
and it wasn't real.
1193
01:19:26,127 --> 01:19:29,416
Sharks have been here
since the beginning,
1194
01:19:29,494 --> 01:19:32,275
when there was only primitive life
in the oceans
1195
01:19:32,353 --> 01:19:34,938
and the land was mostly desert.
1196
01:19:36,582 --> 01:19:38,814
They were the top predator,
1197
01:19:38,892 --> 01:19:41,985
influencing any animal to evolve
since their inception.
1198
01:19:45,001 --> 01:19:47,115
Sharks have been gods
1199
01:19:47,155 --> 01:19:49,386
for 400 million years,
1200
01:19:49,426 --> 01:19:51,031
shaping this world
1201
01:19:51,071 --> 01:19:54,516
for the entire history
of life on land.
1202
01:19:59,841 --> 01:20:01,447
Seeing them again,
1203
01:20:01,486 --> 01:20:04,071
I knew that they're almost gone.
1204
01:20:06,302 --> 01:20:07,673
The killing of sharks
1205
01:20:07,712 --> 01:20:11,472
is the biggest ecological time bomb
we're going to face pretty soon.
1206
01:20:11,549 --> 01:20:14,134
We have to understand
that sharks are the most abundant
1207
01:20:14,212 --> 01:20:16,522
top predator on this planet,
at over 100 pounds,
1208
01:20:16,601 --> 01:20:19,459
so that tells you something.
Nature created them for a reason.
1209
01:20:19,538 --> 01:20:21,652
Now human beings just...
they don't care
1210
01:20:21,692 --> 01:20:24,315
they kill 100 million, 200 million.
"So what?" You know?
1211
01:20:24,315 --> 01:20:27,252
"Sharks are a nuisance,
a dead shark is a good shark,
1212
01:20:27,252 --> 01:20:30,188
let's kill 'em all. "
But if we kill 'em all,
1213
01:20:30,228 --> 01:20:32,852
we destroy all food chains
of an entire marine ecosystem
1214
01:20:32,930 --> 01:20:35,788
and, well, the majority of our oxygen
comes from the ocean,
1215
01:20:35,866 --> 01:20:37,472
so we should be more careful.
1216
01:20:37,511 --> 01:20:40,605
- There is no species on this planet
that has ever survived
1217
01:20:40,643 --> 01:20:42,602
by ignoring
the basic laws of ecology,
1218
01:20:42,641 --> 01:20:46,282
and we're now breaking those basic laws
every day in every way,
1219
01:20:46,361 --> 01:20:50,785
and that's going to mean our own demise
in a very short period of time,
1220
01:20:50,863 --> 01:20:53,683
unless we learn to live harmoniously
with the natural world.
1221
01:20:53,722 --> 01:20:56,738
- Future generations
are gonna look back on us
1222
01:20:56,855 --> 01:21:00,223
and they're gonna think of us
as barbarians,
1223
01:21:00,301 --> 01:21:03,316
the same way
we think of slave traders.
1224
01:21:03,355 --> 01:21:07,193
That they're gonna look at us
as barbarians for what we're doing,
1225
01:21:07,231 --> 01:21:09,972
the fact that we're burning
all the fossil fuels,
1226
01:21:10,050 --> 01:21:13,027
in a few generations,
that we've wiped out the oceans,
1227
01:21:13,066 --> 01:21:14,946
that we've driven species
to extinction.
1228
01:21:15,023 --> 01:21:18,548
And worse - this is the worst part -
we know what we're doing.
1229
01:21:18,627 --> 01:21:20,193
The scientists know,
the environmentalists know,
1230
01:21:20,232 --> 01:21:22,424
the companies know
and the general public knows,
1231
01:21:22,503 --> 01:21:24,969
and yet we're allowing ourselves
to do it.
1232
01:21:27,280 --> 01:21:30,570
- Sharks have lived
in balance with the oceans
1233
01:21:30,648 --> 01:21:32,332
as the top predator.
1234
01:21:33,624 --> 01:21:36,952
Now we are the top predator,
1235
01:21:37,031 --> 01:21:39,693
deciding which species we'll use
1236
01:21:39,732 --> 01:21:42,004
and which we'll destroy.
1237
01:21:42,042 --> 01:21:45,215
I wonder if we've evolved enough
1238
01:21:45,293 --> 01:21:47,524
to survive as they have.
1239
01:21:51,088 --> 01:21:54,221
We depend on the oceans
for oxygen;
1240
01:21:54,299 --> 01:21:57,079
the oceans that sharks control.
1241
01:22:00,955 --> 01:22:02,679
If we lose sharks,
1242
01:22:02,757 --> 01:22:05,185
we'll disrupt the oxygen
we need to breathe.
1243
01:22:09,335 --> 01:22:12,507
We've only been here
for a few million years
1244
01:22:12,546 --> 01:22:14,543
and in the last 100 years,
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we've greatly impacted
life in the ocean.
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But we also have the power
to change it for the better.
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People in Costa Rica
weren't just rallying for sharks.
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They were rallying for life...
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and for us.
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