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A Tour of One of the World's Only Underwater Labs With Fabien Cousteau

Posted by samzenpus on from the under-the-sea dept.

An anonymous reader writes Having completed his 31-day stretch underwater, Fabien Cousteau, grandson of famed oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, shows off his underwater laboratory to PBS in this video. When asked about his observations' Fabien said' "It's just amazing, we've seen so much new behavior that I've never seen before. Fish sleeping in sponges, a goliath grouper attacking a barracuda, never seen that before, I don't think anyone has ever caught it on film before. Christmas tree worms, spawning and giving off this milky smoke like stuff off. I mean it's just science fiction, it's really amazing down here. And that's why we're down here, my grandfather used to say, in order to film a fish you must become a fish. So we're trying to get as close as we can to becoming fish."

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  1. Re:Impressive discoveries by TechyImmigrant · · Score: 3, Funny

    >Still, not as cool as discovering the Jaguar Shark.

    I discovered the Skoda Shark, but I couldn't even sell it used.

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  2. re: That could be anywhere, including his backyard by MRe_nl · · Score: 3, Informative

    No.
    The pressure inside of a water-tight trailer at sea-level is 1 bar. The Aquarius is at "environmental" pressure, meaning 2.8b when you're 18m below sea-level. This means they will experience the same effects of pressure as a scuba diver but on a much longer period.

    So yes, this would be a family record for saturation diving (see older thread).

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  3. Words mean things by Bite+The+Pillow · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm one of the world's only men. I'm one of the smartest, best looking, cleanest, dirtiest, stupidest, transparent, greenest and fluffiest people on the planet.

    I am one of them, and adding "only" adds no context. How about quantifying? One of 3? Or one of 100?

  4. Jacques-Yves by Anonyme+Connard · · Score: 2

    ... grandson of famed oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau ...