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I think that is an exciting possibility. >> larry: the way they die is how? >> they're 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 animal world. >> larry: laurens, have you witnessed these killings? >> yeah, i was there on the last...

Joined the crew of the ship the shonan maru" described by some as a bat mobile on water. here's 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 vessel's 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 hit it?

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. >> its mission, to cut the whalers harpoon lines. >> wow. wow.

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 we'll be able to communicate with the spe he says. i think that is an exciting possibility. >> larry: the way they die is how? >> they're 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 struck. it took 25 minutes to die after bei...