Fabien Cousteau.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Fabien Cousteau climbs inside his "shark submersible submersible, small, mobile undersea research vessel capable of functioning in the ocean depths. Development of a great variety of submersibles during the later 1950s and 1960s came about as a result of improved technology and in response to a demonstrated need for "--a small submarine that lets him get close enough to great white sharks great white shark or white shark Large, aggressive shark (Carcharodon carcharias, family Lamnidae), considered the species most dangerous to humans. It is found in tropical and temperate regions of all oceans and is noted for its voracious appetite. to study their behavior. Last spring, white making a documentary on great whites, he used the sub to cruise among sharks off the coast of Mexico. Cousteau, whose grandfather Jacques was the legendary sea explorer, hopes to dispel the image of sharks as "soulless soul·less adj. Lacking sensitivity or the capacity for deep feeling. soul  less·ly adv. killers."
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