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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: you've got to be very proud, bob. "whale wars" airs friday on animal planet. i sustained a very severe blast injury. my life just came to a complete halt. how are you doing? >> you look sharp today. >> thank you.
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. we're 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 they're 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, we're 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 we'll be able to communicate with the species. i think that's an exciting possibility. >> larry: the way they die is how? >> they're harpooned. it is a very ...
>> 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 it's so close to our land. and sea shepherd was the one that brought it to the world's attention. there were a lot of people ...