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Hello everyone! During the years,
I have participated in projects of all kinds, but I've never done this:
the narrator of a documentary film.
So why now? Why this movie?
Because it is an important work, with an important message,
directed by a man whom I have admired for years, Jean-Michel Cousteau.
The first time I saw the video, I must admit I was impressed ...
and did I understand that I wanted to give my contribution?
And this is precisely the intention by Jean-Michel: raising awareness.
Jean-Michel reminds us that ...
we all have to contribute in a concrete way to real change.
That the decisions of political leaders and individual and personal choices
determine the future of the oceans and our survival on the planet earth.
As governor and now as a private citizen,
I also fight for a radical change to protect the environment,
to raise awareness all on this delicate subject.
Therefore, it is a privilege to lend my voice to this cinematic experience.
Jean-Michel has created a statement of love to the magnificence of the ocean.
Because, like his father Jacques Cousteau,
Jean-Michel is convinced that: "It is necessary to protect what you love".
And he's absolutely right about that!
So without hesitation let's fall in love madly of the wonders of the sea.
He was Cousteau. Jacques Cousteau. An ocean pioneer.
In the 40s, when the equipment underwater was cumbersome and rudimentary,
Cousteau contributed to the invention of the aqua-lung
which allowed diving longer and deeper,
paving the way for exploration and a new genre of documentaries.
It has also made progress in the art of underwater video shooting.
Together, these innovations allowed the Cousteau team
to go into unexplored territories,
to capture images never seen before
and to share them with millions of people worldwide.
We owe a great deal to exploratory work by Jacques Cousteau.
And in a sense, the modern divers are all his children.
But I am the firstborn.
I'm Jean Michel Cousteau.
I was only 7 years old and I was thin like my father,
when my mother Simone I put the fins on my feet
and my father stared at me the tank on the back with a strap,
pushing me into the sea.
And my life changed forever.
From that moment, I also became a diver.
I was also a Cousteau.
And like me, my children too, Céline and Fabien, they are without doubt real Cousteau.
They work to raise awareness and influence public opinion
through their shipments and their movies.
But on this occasion, I could not not involve them,
it was necessary to join forces.
Years have passed since ours last project together.
It is impressive, ambitious and important. How to refuse?
A journey of 8,000 miles awaits us.
We will explore some of the main ones ocean habitats
and we'll start right here, from the Fiji islands.
The marine biologist Holly Lohuis and the cameraman Gavin McKinney
complete the team and they are practically part of the family.
Jean-Michel is thrilled for the new technology,
and I believe this feeds a lot his enthusiasm.
The purpose is to film not just the great forms of life,
but also smaller creatures with their most subtle movements
unknown even to the most experienced divers.
It is here, along the tropical belt, that we find the beating heart of the ocean.
The coral reef.
If we compare the infinite ocean water expanses
with the sandy ones of the desert, the coral reef would be an oasis.
And when the barrier is flourishing and luxuriant, it is a paradise that teems with life.
But what are coral reefs?
They look like rock formations, but they are alive!
They look like plants, but in reality they are animals.
Tiny polypoid sea creatures gathered in colonies
that form a skeleton based on calcium carbonate with protective function.
The sedimentation of calcareous skeletons
it only increases over the centuries these suggestive formations.
Today we know about 800 different species of corals, each one different from the other.
Some build limestone castles around him,
others have soft tentacles that they sway gently like grass in the wind.
And others, like these sea fans,
they remind us of the leaves of an exotic plant
or this euryaline.
But they are all animals.
They are discrete predators that move and hunt
not only for necessity, but also for to ensure the survival of the ocean.
The variety of shapes and colors of corals It is surprising.
Their movements seem a passive fluctuation like straw in the wind,
but these are the voluntary acts
of a ravenous predator intent on devouring the prey.
Usually the attention is entirely directed towards larger species,
the adorable dolphins, the feared sharks, whales and walruses.
But this time I wanted to capture it the little wonders,
not just for their splendor, but also for their meaning.
Admire the worm "Christmas Tree".
They are minute and timid, but very showy.
The worm "Christmas tree", as well as many other sea creatures,
owes its name to its appearance.
However this creature it is more worm than tree.
And to feed himself, he explains his corollas spiral and filters plankton from the current.
Plancton means "wandering" or "going astray".
And indicates minute or microscopic organisms.
For many of the inhabitants settled of the barrier,
like this coral tridacna or these spirographs,
floating food is a necessity.
Despite the size, could be difficult to spot
in its natural context on the seabed.
But here in front of me, there is a giant tridacna.
The shellfish we eat they weigh about 30 to 60 grams.
A giant tridacna can weigh up over 2 tons and exceed the century of life.
It's incredible to think that an organism
practically immobile, which is not able neither to hunt nor to grab,
manages to reach similar dimensions.
His diet has two specialties:
the plankton that filters from the current
and the food produced from algae present inside his coat.
Tridacne are born males and then they become females;
their reproduction takes place asexually,
by dispersing the eggs and seminal fluid in the current
without ever meeting the partner.
Survival as such depends on two factors.
The possibility of eating and not to be eaten.
Nature has endowed these creatures
of survival strategies creative and multiple,
including cunning to make unusual alliances.
The sea anemone may appear defenseless,
even attractive clinging on the coral reef.
But when a little creature passes by,
traps it in its venomous tentacles, it drags and consumes it.
With the exception of this fish: the clown fish,
which is covered by a layer of mucus protective that makes it immune to its poison.
The clown fish therefore lives in the crown of the anemone that offers him shelter
and in return keeps the fish away trying to eat his tentacles.
This symbiotic alliance is only one of the many that are on the barrier.
A similar symbiosis takes place also among another species of anemone
and a colorful Atlantic crustacean known as ancylomenes pedersoni.
This shrimp cleaner is not by nature immune to the poison of anemone,
but has developed a remarkable tolerance
rubbing against its tentacles for a reasonable period of time.
This shrimp cleaner firmly anchored to the fatal tentacles
seems to mock whoever passes by saying: "Danger is my trade."
As a child, I dreamed to build fantastic submerged cities
and I even studied architecture to realize my dream.
But how can you compete? with the magnificence of the barrier,
with the masterful touch of nature in every small detail?
And here is an example, the flat worm.
They are small and colorful magic barrier carpets.
As well as colorful and flexible nudibranchs.
The word nudibranch means "With the bare gill",
represented by the posterior cutaneous crest.
There are over 2,000 species of nudibranchs, none of which is particularly fast.
The nudibranchs lay their eggs in a variety of fascinating forms.
This ribbon-like veiling adjacent to the rock contains the eggs,
in order to feed and protect them.
We gather here to observe another curious inhabitant of the barrier:
the band cleaner shrimp.
It feeds on food scraps,
as well as parasites, fungi and damaged fabrics
which removes from fish who come to him for personal care.
The survival strategy of the band cleaner shrimp,
as well as everyone's shrimp cleaners in general,
consists in rendering services precious and indispensable,
attracting attention with bright colors and very long antennas.
When it finds the ideal home, remains permanent for over a year
and when he meets true love,
he remains faithful to him all his life.
The health of the coral reef it is based on a delicate ecological balance.
An altered parameter can have unpredictable consequences.
An example of this is the star crown of thorns.
This starfish has a maximum 21 arms with poisonous spines;
climbs, adhering perfectly to the irregular substrates of the barrier.
The star feeds here of coral polyps,
leaving in its passage a white and notched barrier.
Usually, these stars do not constitute a danger.
But in recent years, the population has increased alarmingly,
threatening the life of many barriers.
Among the main causes there is the disappearance of some of his predators.
But what happened to these animals?
Maybe on some bookstore.
The splendid shiny newt highly sought after by tourists,
is one of the few inhabitants of the barrier to feed on the crown star of thorns.
And as long as you collect dust on the shelves,
will not help to restore the delicate natural balance.
Today is a day of arrivals.
We are waiting for a marine ecologist,
a countless colleague of mine expeditions in these years,
but above all a dear friend, Dr. Richard Murphy.
He joined us in Fiji to prepare us for a night dive
and at a pivotal meeting: with the base of the food chain.
The basis of everything is phytoplankton, simple and tiny organisms.
And yet in biological and environmental terms, they are giants.
There are thousands of phytoplankton varieties from which almost every marine form depends.
Like us!
All over the world, phytoplankton produces more than twice as much oxygen
and absorbs twice as much CO2 compared to the Amazon forest.
In practice, over half of the oxygen of the planet derives from these micro organisms.
Which means every breath of air that we breathe is also a gift from the ocean.
AI second place in the food chain there is the zooplankton,
bizarre and mysterious creatures which I hope to meet tonight.
Night dives are special.
There is no fear, but more attention and an extra thrill.
The seabed it's about 1,800 meters below us.
On this moonless night, there will be absolute darkness from every direction.
And we'll just see that that our torch will illuminate.
The risk is to go down too much without realizing it.
And to be exposed to any danger without perceiving it.
Why do we do this? To assist, of course, in similar shows.
This is the most impressive migration of any living creature on earth.
And it repeats itself every single night.
Zooplankton floats beyond the bottom
and is totally at the mercy of the currents
and the voracity of sea creatures that dominate it in the food chain.
As well as the phytoplankton they eat,
many species of zooplankton they are microscopic.
However, this is not the case with these jellyfish comb, whose eyelashes look like fuzz
refract the light of our torches.
I'm probably the most delicate creatures on the planet.
Sparkling constellations.
A nebula.
The sputnik.
I wonder if this is the last frontier.
Human beings have walked more on the moon than on the ocean floor.
We know more about the surface of Mars than about submerged substrate of our own planet.
And the forms of life?
Millions of species await to be discovered by the abyss
of this interior space.
In this context, it is easy to lose track of time.
Zooplankton not only hypnotizes us, but it is also difficult to film.
And this is how more time passes than necessary,
which forces us to go up a stage longer than we had anticipated.
A "lift stage" it is a planned stop during the ascent
to avoid decompression sickness or even death.
And fortunately there is a lot to see while we wait for 5 meters.
The qualms are known parasites.
Their peculiarity is to have a sort of suction cup on the back,
which allows it to stick to the belly of larger marine animals,
to get a ride, an easy meal or simply protection.
This tortoise looks upset, or maybe it's just intolerant
because the remora tries to remove them a parasite or tissue from the eye.
A tribulation for one and a pleasure for the other.
Even during the seduction ritual and courtship dance,
the hesitations do not give up.
In daylight, there are too many distractions.
In total darkness, we pause on the details, the colors are more intense
and what is known appears different.
Here entwined on a coral branch, we find a true creature of the night
living in Fiji waters, in the Atlantic and in many other areas:
the basket star.
They have no heart, neither blood nor brain.
But they have a mouth and instinct to fill it with the passage of plankton.
And if necessary, this creature he manages to advance with the help of his arms
to get a better position in favor of current.
Nearby,
an enigmatic encounter between two arrow crabs attracts our interest
and makes us ask if the two hate each other or love each other.
A duel or a dance?
Showdown or exhibitionism?
That it was a fight or a courtship,
in the end everything turns out for the best.
But wasn't it time for dinner?
And when the barrier is healthy, there is plenty for everyone.
It's time to leave the coral reef and the tropical waters of Fiji.
We cross the equator, the international date change line
and almost the entire Pacific Ocean towards the coldest waters of California
towards the next oceanic habitat which my father chose to explore.
And the dolphins escort us,
how they used to do also with my father's ship, the Calypso.
Dolphins are the good ambassadors of the Ocean:
carefree, friendly and with a sort of smile that seems to say
"Come with us, but come in peace."
Ok, we could look at you a little while you play,
but then we must resume the journey, I have an important appointment.
- What date do you have? - Ah, you'll see!
The next destination will show you the great diversity of habitats.
Coral reefs are colonies of slow-growing animals.
While the Kelp forest is an ecosystem rapidly evolving giant seaweeds.
Off the coast of California, the conditions are optimal:
cold, relatively low waters and rich in nutrients and sunlight.
The coral reef that we explored in Fiji
it can grow by 5 or maybe 10 cm a year.
The Kelp we see here it grows over 54 cm a day.
Its dimensions may vary and even reach 60 meters in length,
like a giant sequoia.
Kelp forests provide food and protection for a wide variety of species.
From sea urchins, to snails, from seals to sea lions
and occasionally even to the gray whale.
These balls filled with gas allow with kelp leaves
to come almost to the surface.
Through photosynthesis, kelp transfers energy and nutrients to the sea.
Not far from the Kelp forest of the island of Catalina,
the squid are engaged in a hectic and chaotic mating ritual.
Here, I witnessed for the first time to this same scene with my father,
over 50 years ago.
It takes place only once a year, in winter
and I was afraid to arrive too early or too late.
But fortunately we are on time to admire this reproductive show.
These squids live only one year,
therefore this is their only chance of reproduction.
The fervor of mating bears fruit.
The backdrop is covered with millions of gelatinous wrappings.
Each capsule contains hundreds of eggs.
The feeding of many species, including the human being, it depends on the squid.
In some areas, fishing is on the rise
but the real goal is a sustainable withdrawal on a global scale.
The real goal is only and only sustainability.
When I look at the immensity of the ocean and the pristine coastal areas,
I think of other seas, to other coasts and other times,
of innocence and let's say it openly of ignorance.
When my father for the first time pushed me overboard,
we all thought we could pour out a little all overboard,
that the oceans were bottomless receptacles
in which to throw away any waste that we did not want on earth.
But our expeditions have revealed a much more disconcerting truth:
the seas and waterways around the world I'm in danger.
We have discovered that our blue planet it is nothing but a rocky sphere
with a thin, very thin salt water layer
and an even more limited one fresh water reserve.
And that only these precious drops prevent extinction.
Coasting along the Pacific coast we enter the sea of Cortés, in Mexico.
With its incomparable biodiversity,
this place was defined once by my father how:
"The Aquarium of the World".
In the sea of Cortés 6 thousand species have been cataloged,
and perhaps many thousands more waiting to be discovered.
However even here the appearance deceives.
Intensive fishing has impoverished these waters of tuna, red snappers and sharks,
present numerous in this area until recently.
The contrasts are clear.
From our submerged world, we land on the semi-arid land of San José Island.
From an immersion in the florid vegetation of the Kelp forest,
to a walk among austere cactus.
The presence or absence of water determines almost everything.
These giant cacti can arrive up to 18 meters high
and survive in this hostile climate for a good 300 years.
So these plants were already here when George Washington was born.
They are greedy but efficient, and collect every single drop of rain,
preserving it for the driest days.
Across the planet, life is always connected to water.
And there is only one big cycle.
The rains that fall on the highest peaks
erode the earth's surface to be able to return to the sea.
Suddenly, everything appears smaller it's easier.
A rubber boat, a diving mask and the three of us together.
My thoughts turn to labyrinth of minor waterways of the Amazon
where I recently concluded an expedition.
And therefore, far from the open ocean of the Cousteau.
The plans of my father, my brother and mine are so different,
yet somehow interconnected.
Just like the separate arteries of these creeks:
they are born and return to the ocean.
Hidden among the marshes of the extremity southern of the island of San José
there is a secret world, that teems with life.
Here we find our next habitat: mangroves.
Just below the water surface, we admire mangroves.
These plants succeed to survive in salt water
because they manage to eliminate excess salt.
These roots, tangled and submerged,
they offer an intricate shelter rich in nutrients.
Some creatures will never leave this habitat,
while for many other species life begins here
and will continue on the barrier or in the open ocean.
These pretty algae are organisms unicellular known as acetabularia.
The study of these plants
made it possible to make great progress in the knowledge of DNA, almost a century ago.
Sea cucumbers are sea sweepers: They patrol the bottom looking for debris.
The mouth is equipped with tentacles,
able to pick up and collect any kind of organic residue.
The size of sea cucumbers can vary from a few centimeters to 3 meters.
You can look but not touch.
Perhaps eye contact is possible but with caution.
Why stone fish it is one of the most poisonous in the world.
It can easily be mistaken for a rock, inadvertently placing a hand on it.
At that point the spines would emit all their potentially lethal poison.
This is a shell, of a large sea slug,
and comes from the tropical Atlantic North Western.
Strong currents must have brought it here.
This is a hermit crab. Worldwide, there are over a thousand varieties.
In common they have the inability to build their own shell.
So they occupy the empty ones.
But growing up, I am constantly searching of new and more comfortable shells.
The hermit crab has spotted an inverted shell.
Only very few hermit crabs are ready to kill for a bigger house.
Are we going to see the worst?
The hermit crab must act quickly if you really want to move.
The snail can protect itself only if it manages to overturn the shell.
The Hermit Crab makes his move.
Rotation is a success. The snail is safe
and the hermit crab will have to postpone the move.
The infinite variety of forms and functions they are like pieces of an intricate puzzle.
And when all the species are present, the ecosystem is perfect.
And when all the ecosystems are flourishing, then the ocean is complete.
Complete and healthy.
But today many pieces of the puzzle are missing.
It's true. The big pieces are missing.
But I suspect they won't be late for a long time,
the ocean is generous.
Dad is getting impatient. He knows it's time to go.
He keeps saying he has a special appointment.
The sun sets in the west and on our adventure in the Pacific.
It's time to continue east. I have an important appointment.
- With whom? - I am anxious and excited.
It happens only once a year and I can't miss it.
- What is it about? - Come on, Fabien. The next stop is Nassau.
It will be February. Think big. Pretend you don't understand, don't you?
- Yes, it's obvious! - Yes sure.
It's kind of like coming home, when we reach our final destination:
the Bahamas.
We all immersed ourselves in these waters countless times.
Gavin was born here and knows every single centimeter of these backdrops.
It's true, I spent my days in the water, the ocean was my playground.
And Fabien filmed his first one documentary about sharks right here.
My brother is an experienced diver and is not afraid of anything.
And he loves sharks too.
Yes, sharks have always fascinated me since childhood.
It is the first time I saw "The Shark",
that I wanted to film these incredible animals.
And what are you waiting for then?
It is true that occasionally sharks attack man,
but they are only rare exceptions.
Usually, we are not on their menu.
Fabien, give us some data.
Okay, shark attacks ending with 12 victims.
On average, 12 people a year they are killed by sharks.
- And how many victims among sharks? - For intensive fishing or accidental capture.
Accidental capture is collateral damage of fishing, a senseless death.
Exact. But even more gruesome, is the shark fin soup:
100 million sharks every year.
It's a really baffling and demeaning number.
It's true. It is as if a third of the population US was massacred every year.
Yes, it's crazy.
There are thousands of miles of ocean and millions of years of evolution
between the plankton at the beginning of our adventure
and these sharks at the end of the journey:
the base and the top of the food chain.
Sharks are among the predators oldest in the world.
Through the ages, they have refined their hunting skills
and exceeded every environmental challenge, except one, industrialized men.
Other inhabitants at risk of the barrier are groupers, among the most important predators.
The specimen we see lives permanently in this wreck.
Through the selection of prey,
predators like sharks and groupers they have a key function
in the balance of the complex ecosystem below them.
Missing a little now, maybe one or two days to my special appointment.
The waters of Nassau they are rich in coral life,
therefore there is much to see in the waiting.
We are not alone. Who is hidden in the sand?
Is it just a lookout or is it lurking?
It is impossible to admire a parsnip while swimming on the ocean floor
without thinking of flying.
With its wing beats, it seems to glide
swinging graceful and elegant on its lush path.
I never built the submerged city of which I dreamed as a child,
but I am always enchanted from how the ocean colonises the wrecks,
rebuilding and renewing life.
The morays remember snakes, but it is only of very long and thin fish.
Populate the rocky and coral bottoms of the warm ocean waters,
with an incredible variety of dimensions and colors.
They can reach lengths of 4 meters.
The wide mouth is not in itself a threat, but supports breathing.
This shrimp cleaner takes care of it oral hygiene of the moray eel
and in return he gets food leftovers.
The moray seems to be grateful to him.
Besides, I am also grateful to my dentist, usually!
Life expectancy on the barrier
decrease dramatically for creatures swimming in the open sea.
Finding a hidden refuge is vital.
Some species, such as palinurides and scillarids
they must find a new shelter every single day.
And you even have to compete for the same crack.
Rock lobster first found an ideal refuge and takes possession of it.
The sea cicada lingers, perhaps he hopes for a lease.
"We are complete, beautiful. Turn offshore ".
The poor girl has no choice but to leave.
Come! I want to show you one of the greatest, scary and ruthless predators of the sea.
- Pope. Digging out these tunnels, these monsters marine create perfect hiding places.
- Dad, we've grown up. - Don't interrupt it.
He won't believe we're drinking it!
Prudence, friends, they rest here the monsters of the abyss:
gobidi and blennioidei.
Maybe they're not big and scary, but they are large in number,
these tiny creatures make up one third of the barrier population.
And they are, therefore, a source of livelihood precious for larger species
such as cod, haddock and plaice.
They usually take refuge in rocky cracks and between the cracks of the corals,
but they are often helped from a willing shrimp.
- About insatiable creatures of the abysses ... - Come on fathers don't overdo it.
- No, this time it's true. - The scorpion fish.
Its extravagant beauty is aimed at confusing prey and predator.
The scorpion fish he is an unstoppable and voracious hunter,
able to eat 40 fish in an hour.
The rays of the dorsal fin are actually venomous spines that discourage predators.
In humans, poison can cause seizures, heart attack and even death.
The scorpion fish is approaching by stealth and attacks with surprising speed
The peach scorpion is native of the Pacific ocean
and it was accidentally introduced in the Atlantic.
And in these waters, in the absence of predators, the scorpion fish have thus increased
to compromise the number of fish younger than the reef.
Therefore, even involuntary actions can have serious consequences,
altering the delicate balance of nature.
My absolute favorite animal gives me deep reflections.
Like the human being, he is very intelligent,
but because our evolutionary paths they deviated 600 million years ago,
we have developed in a decidedly different way.
In fact, we don't even get close to his alien intelligence:
it's the octopus.
Formidable hunter,
the octopus tends its ambushes covering large areas with the body similar to a parachute.
Below, the tentacles will grasp and a fatal bite will kill.
They change color and shape camouflaging themselves with the surrounding environment
at a surprising speed, because their skin thinks.
Octopuses recognize faces,
distinguish people even when they are wearing identical suits.
They can become attached to a human being and bring resentment and resentment.
And in an environment where shelter means survival,
the octopus is the king of contortion.
For him I space it is never too tight or uncomfortable.
My father called the octopus: "The soft intelligence of the sea".
I think it's time to reveal ourselves something more about the appointment
of which we speak from about 8 thousand kilometers.
Ok. The migration path of the great hammerhead sharks is still a mystery,
except for this place and this date.
Every year, for a few days in the month February pass in these waters.
From the 1990s, in the Atlantic waters, the Hammerhead shark population has halved.
In Africa and Asia, the budget is even more alarming.
This meeting makes me nervous. Because maybe it could also be the last one.
We must believe in his future that is so intimately connected to the well-being of the ocean,
so that this meeting can be repeated for many years to come.
We would just like you to tell us ...
Arnold, please. Just this once.
Agree.
"I'll come back".
- I hope so, my friend. - "Yup".
My father and my grandfather they are not born environmentalists.
Fabien and I are not born environmentalists.
But spending a lot of time underwater as we do,
you can't help but fall in love.
And start taking care of what you love, to protect it and defend it.
And when we can't do it, reality is more frightening than a school of sharks.
This is a dead barrier. There is no more life.
No more hosting the multitude of life forms
present in the barrier which we have visited previously.
According to the United Nations,
about 20% of the world's coral reefs has been destroyed.
Many more are in danger and at risk of extinction.
This desolation is disconcerting.
And it requires a decisive intervention of all world leaders.
Coral reefs they should not be saved because they are beautiful.
It is important to save them because they are crucial to the health of the planet.
And we know the reason for this.
Water heating is one of the causes.
Another is ocean acidification caused by greenhouse gases.
All the habitats we visited,
coral reefs,
the forests of Kelp,
sandy bottoms,
the mangroves, where the great abundance of marine diversity lives,
all have one thing in common: they are close to the earth.
That is to being which draws greater benefits,
but that also constitutes the biggest threat: us.
We pour oil into the sea, chemical agents,
raw sewage, plastic,
and an unimaginable amount of waste.
Even air pollution, as well as that of the soil, has an impact on the oceans
and inevitably on humanity.
This is the ocean we dream of.
And reality can change even where today there is desolation.
Because life returns when conditions permit.
The ocean knows how to forgive.
Today, environmental associations, activists
and private citizens around the world support the environmental cause.
An important initiative is the institution of the Marine Protected Area.
The Marine Protected Area can be compared to national parks.
Governments around the world have started to listen and to act, albeit slowly.
So far, only about 4% of the oceans is part of the protected areas.
But it is an important step in the right direction.
One of many.
After all, survival also depends on us,
and our ability to adapt.
The ocean survives without us, we do not survive without the ocean.
Or as he once said my dear friend Sylvia Earle:
"No water, no life, no Blue, no Green ”.
Do you know what, neither could I have said it better.
For me, this was it a journey of connections:
connections between habitats, between the extremes of the food chain,
between one end of the earth and the other, between us and the ocean
and between generations.
That's why we're all here.
There is no doubt about this!
I don't believe in dynasties exactly like my father.
But we have a family passion which is difficult to ignore.
- Impossible, I'd say. - Well, your father has left you an important legacy.
It's true. And a moment will come, in which I too will do the same.
Don't be in a hurry, Dad. There are still many wonders out there ...
Which we could share.
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