[DBrow]

Jacques Cousteau also had a very overdramatic way of presenting things. It was very popular; it made him and his heirs loads of money.

My favorite scene has Cousteau diving in a cave; something inherently dangerous. He faked a scene in which he dropped his bubbling magnesium torch and said zuddenlee I wasss plonged into total darknessss...while being filmed in Ektachrome the whole time!

Another time he stuck his face near an octopus and the thing reached out to grab him and see if he was food (he didn't run, so he may be food...) and Jacques said I haff enterred into communication wit zeee octopuss...

I think this attack on Irwin is uncalled for. he was an entertainer who also taught, and he was a darned sight more interesting than a hands-off dry researcher- that enabled him to reach millions (like Sagan, a terrible scientist but good teacher).

[Cecily]