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...testifies. "Hydrophones have recorded clamors that have been sold as phonographic curiosa, but . . . it is not the reality of the sea . . ." As for most of the conventional perils of the deep, the men-fish call them just fish stories. Cousteau says that he has never been attacked by an octopus???in fact, he has actually waltzed with them dozens of times on the sea floor, and he has movies to prove it. Only once was Cousteau in danger from a shark; and that was when the blood-spoor of a dying whale was near, and the sharks were half-crazy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Into the Sea Age? | 2/9/1953 | See Source »

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