year old jean-michel?get wet. (chuckle) no i mean kids are amazing because if you start to show them uh the opportunities that are there, now today legally they cannot scuba dive until they're 10 years old but you can take them snorkeling you can show them things. >> do you ever get used to what you see under the ocean? do you ever forget to appreciate it? >> no, you know one of the uh obligations we have is to connect. and um if i'm somewhere and i feel i don't want to go because i love where i am i go. because i want to see what i haven't seen. i want to share what i haven't been able to share yet with anyone any place and i was in mexico just uh recently and uh, to be able to answer questions to hundreds of kids who have never seen the ocean was for me amazing. and i love that. >> you've seen the the beauty of creation. you've seen extraordinary sites that most people will never see in their entire life. do you believe in a higher power or do you believe in a creator? is there a grand plan? >> we are th

this week on talk to al jazeera, explorer and environ mentalist jean michel cousteau. >> we're the only species on the planet the only species on the planet that has the privilege not to disappear... it's our choice. >> he spent more time under water than any living person. as the son of the legendary jacques cousteau he was drawn to the ocean at tan early age. >> i would take my bag and i would go to the coastline, almost everyday, on my way to school. and one of the things i wanted to do

this week on talk to al jazeera, explorer and environ mentalist jean michel cousteau. >> we're the only species on the planet the only species on the planet that has the privilege not to disappear... it's our choice. >> he spent more time under water than any living person. as the son of the legendary jacques cousteau he was drawn to the ocean at tan early age. >> i would take my bag and i would go to the coastline, almost everyday, on my way to school. and one of the things i wanted to do was to catch octopus.

this week on talk to al jazeera, explorer and environ mentalist jean michel cousteau. >> we're the onlycies on the planet, the only species on the planet, that has the privilege not to disappear... it's our choice. >> he spent more time under water than any living person. as the son of the legendary jacques cousteau, he was drawn to the ocean at tan early age. >> i would take my bag and i would go to the coastline, almost everyday, on my way to school. and one of the things i wanted to do

this week on talk to al jazeera, explorer and environ mentalist jean michel cousteau. >> we're the onlycies on the planet the only species on the planet that has the privilege not to disappear... it's our choice. >> he spent more time under water than any living person. as the son of the legendary jacques cousteau he was drawn to the ocean at tan early age. >> i would take my bag and i would go to the coastline, almost everyday,