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...legendary Jacques Cousteau, oceanographer Jean-Michel has followed in his father's footsteps. Call of the Killer Whale, the latest entry in his environmental series Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures airs Earth Day, April 22, on PBS. Cousteau spoke to TIME about orcas, building cities underwater and dealing with his very famous last name. (Read "Will Killing Whales Save the World's Fisheries...
There's a lot of comparison with the human species. They are the dominant species on the ocean, just like we are the dominant species on land. They also occupy the entire ocean - 71 percent of the planet, from the Arctic to the Antarctic, which is unusual for a marine mammal. It's a very sophisticated species. But they are called killer whales because they do kill whales...
...message is the fact that we are using the ocean as a garbage can by dumping things we don't see - such as chemicals and heavy metals - into the environment. Orcas are having problems coping with these toxins, and it all comes back to harm us - including in the food that we harvest from the ocean. So in the end, let's be very selfish. It's not the issue of saving fish and marine mammals, it's about saving ourselves...
...Keiko realized that he was going to die, because he was underweight, he had a skin disease, he was eating frozen fish in an artificial saltwater tank at high altitude, breathing the most polluted air on the planet in Mexico City. So they gave him away. They were not ocean people, and they asked us if we wanted to help them. I ended up on the board of the Free Willy-Keiko foundation. And we ended up doing everything...
...into the ocean business under your father Jacques. And now you've gotten your children involved. Were they ever resistant...