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some folks. tell me how does this work, please? >> it was hard for us to believe, too. but yes, some uk merchant ships that have to travel off the coast of somalia have started blasting britney spears music to ward off potential pirates. it's usually used as a second line of defense after a written -- after a verbal warning, but it is a real tactic in some of the most effective pirate repellents, according to one of the officers, is baby one more time and oops i did it again. >> listen, a lot of people have different opinions on britney spea spears. i'm a journalist trying to ask this with a straight face, but why britney spears' music? >> a couple reason. it's not that britney spears' music is so bad it repels pirates, but one, and this was from the officer in the article. she is emblematic of western culture, and somali pirates don't like western culture, but the second is a broader one. that's blasting loud noises at