Oceanographer Fabian Cousteau emerges from an artifical white shark
For Fabien Cousteau, grandson of the famous cinematographer Jacques Cousteau, it was a dream come true: With the aid of an artificial shark, he was able to swim among the ocean predators. His adventure was made possible by the Bayer material Makrolon®. Steven Spielberg's horror movie "Jaws" has changed for ever the way people view sharks, and particularly great white sharks: as cruel, man-eating machines, savage and unpredictable. Its impact on Fabien Cousteau, however, was completely different. He was not afraid, just puzzled and confused. "The movie contradicted everything I knew as a child about sharks. It simply didn't make sense. White sharks don't crush boats to pieces."