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He joined the crew of the ship the arimoro described by some as a bat mobile on water. >> our harpoon interceptor vessel. it goes right through the water. it has a kevlar shell. >> the adi gil is to be the nimble rocket ship the "steve irwin" is not. the mission is to cut the harpooners whale lines. >> i checked everything i have into building an amazing boat. >> whoa. whoa.

Worldwide issue, and starting a lot of conversations. not just about whales, but about the biodiverse tiff. >> larry: it was secret. >> it worked brilliantly. it showed up and the harpoon vessels saw it. i asked chuck to put up the norwegian flag. and it sailed right to the ship. they were not aware of the existence of the "bob barker" until it showed up. >> larry: youve got to be very proud, bob. "whale wars" airs friday on animal planet. i sustained a very severe blast injury. my life just c...

There are four ships designed to hunt and kill large mammals maneuvering aggressively around us. >> we are heading for the "shonan maru." but we have got to hurry up because the harpoon ships are on our tail. were very fragile ship. drop it now. tell him to drop it now! >> woo-hoo! >> larry: joining us from morocco is laurens de groot, after two campaigns aboard the sea shepherd ship flagship "steve irwin" he

>> scientists are now discovering that whales are self-aware, sentient beings. i think theyre highly intelligent. when people say that is ridiculous, that only humans are intelligent, i equate intelligence with the ability to live in harmony with our environment, and by that criteria, were not that intelligent at all. when you look at whales you are looking at a real mind in the ocean. i believe that one day through the use of computers well be able to communicate with the species. i think thats...

>> larry: oh, to get away with it. >> yeah. >> larry: do you have any idea how many whales you save? >> we know we saved 528 whales in our last campaign in antarctica, i mean, we have saved thousands and thousands of whales, the sea shepherd, has done a brilliant job of doing that. also raising awareness as well. i came over to find the sea shepherd because i wanted to find an organization that was tackling an australian issue because it is so close to our land. because its so close to our land....

I think that is an exciting possibility. >> larry: the way they die is how? >> theyre harpooned. it is a very agonizing death. none of this would be tolerated at any slaughterhouse in the world. last year we filmed one whale that was struck and it took 25 minutes to die after being hit with an explosive harpoon, being shot at continuously with high powered rifles. a whale can take from ten minutes up to two hours to die. there is nothing really quite as cruel like this in any other part of the a...

Joined the crew of the ship the shonan maru" described by some as a bat mobile on water. heres a look at some of that drama on "whale wars." >> our harpoon interceptor vessel. it goes right through the water. it has a kevlar shell. the vessels pretty much bulletproof. >> the "ady gil" is to be the nimble rocket ship the "steve irwin" is not. its mission, to cut the whalers harpoon lines. >> i checked everything i have into building an amazing boat. >> whoa. whoa. >> holy [ bleep ]. >> did they h...

Meineke. we have the coolest customers. there are four ships designed to hunt and kill animals maneuvering aggressively around us. >> we are heading for the ashimoro. but we have got to hurry up because the harpoon ships are on our tail. we are a very fragile ship. drop it now. tell him to drop it now! >> whoo-hoo! >> larry: joining us from morocco is lawrence degrute, after two campaigns aboard the flag ship steve irwin

>> larry: joining us is lawrence degrute, after two campaigns aboard the flag ship steve irwin he joined the crew, the ship described by some as a batmobile on water. it was destroyed in a collision with a japanese whaling ship in january. here is a look at some of the drama on "whale wars." >> it will be our harpoon interceptor vessel, twice as fast as the harpoon vessels. it is a wave piercer. it goes right through the water. it has a kevlar fiber hull. so the vessel is pretty much bulletproof...

Intelligent. when people say that is ridiculous. i equate intelligence to live in harmony with our environment, by that criteria, we are not that intelligent. when you look at whales you are looking at a real mind in the ocean. i believe that one day through the use of computers well be able to communicate with the spe he says. i think that is an exciting possibility. >> larry: the way they die is how? >> theyre harpooned. it is a very agonizing death. none of this would be tolerated at any slau...