64646}with more colorful|metaphors-
{64648}{64718}" Double dumb-ass on you"|and so forth.
{64720}{64752}You mean the profanity?
{64754}{64812}That's simply|how they talk here.
{64814}{64872}Nobody pays any attention to you
{64874}{64932}unless you swear every other word.
{64934}{65004}It's in all the literature|of the period.
{65006}{65036}For example?
{65038}{65084}The works of Jacqueline Susann,
{65086}{65132}the novels of Harold Robbins.
{65134}{65160}Ah.
{65162}{65192}The giants.
{65432}{65466}The next showing of
{65468}{65502}the wonderful world of whales
{65504}{65538}will begin in five-minute
{65540}{65574}in the Ferrari Marine Theater.
{65576}{65598}Smile!
{65600}{65626}O.K.
{65672}{65722}Oh. Here I go.
{65800}{65835}Good morning!
{65836}{65883}I'm your guide this morning.
{65884}{65943}My name is Dr. Gillian Taylor,
{65944}{65971}assistant director
{65972}{66015}of the Maritime|Cetacean Institute.
{66016}{66051}So, please follow me,
{66052}{66126}and just yell|if you can't hear me.
{66128}{66162}The Cetacean Institute
{66164}{66227}is the only museum in the world
{66229}{66264}exclusively devoted to whales.
{66265}{66360}As you can see, we have|a great deal to offer,
{66361}{66396}but that is small
{66397}{66468}compared to what|we don't know about whales.
{66469}{66516}The first commonly held|misconception
{66517}{66569}is that whales are fish.
{66571}{66628}They're not.|They're mammals like us-
{66630}{66688}warm-blooded,|needing air to breathe,
{66690}{66756}and producing milk|to nurse their young.
{66757}{66792}Do whales attack people
{66794}{66828}Like in Moby Dick?
{66830}{66896}No. Most whales|don't even have teeth.
{66898}{66964}They have a soft,|gum-like tissue
{66966}{67024}that strains|tiny shrimp for food.
{67026}{67084}That's the limit|of their hostility.
{67086}{67132}Unfortunately,|their principal enemy
{67134}{67180}is far, far more aggressive.
{67182}{67216}You mean man.
{67218}{67263}To put it mildly.
{67264}{67306}Since the dawn of time,
{67308}{67379}men have harvested whales|for a variety of purposes,
{67380}{67460}most of which can be|achieved synthetically now.
{67462}{67540}1 00 years ago,|using hand-thrown harpoons,
{67542}{67588}man did plenty of damage.
{67589}{67623}But that is nothing
{67624}{67677}compared to his|achievements this century.
{67679}{67713}This is mankind's legacy-
{67715}{67791}whales hunted|to the brink of extinction.
{67793}{67851}Virtually gone|is the blue whale,
{67852}{67924}the largest creature|ever to inhabit the earth.
{67925}{67984}Despite all attempts|at banning whaling,
{67985}{68035}there are still|countries and pirates
{68037}{68087}currently engaged|in the slaughter
{68089}{68137}of these inoffensive creatures.
{68139}{68173}Where the humpback whale
{68175}{68245}once numbered in|the hundreds of thousands,
{68247}{68317}today there are less|than 1 0,000 specimens alive.
{68319}{68413}Those that are taken in|are no longer fully grown.
{68415}{68485}In addition, many|female whales are killed
{68487}{68521}while bearing unborn calves.
{68523}{68569}To hunt a species|to extinction
{68571}{68605}is not logical.
{68607}{68641}Who ever said
{68643}{68677}the human race was logical?
{68709}{68767}If you'll follow me,|I'll introduce you
{68769}{68823}to the institute's pride and joy.
{69133}{69207}This is the largest|seawater tank in the world,
{69209}{69242}and it contains
{69244}{69313}the only two humpback whales|in captivity.
{69461}{69508}They are mature humpbacks
{69509}{69593}weighing 45,000 pounds each.
{69595}{69665}They wandered into|San Francisco Bay as calves
{69667}{69713}and were brought here.
{69715}{69773}We call them|George and Gracie.
{69811}{69853}It's perfect, Spock.
{69855}{69935}A male and female humpback|in a contained space.
{69937}{70003}We beam them up together,|consider ourselves lucky.
{70121}{70171}Beautiful, aren't they?
{70173}{70236}And extremely