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-Well, there is a myth that says that[br]if you're on a ship when it's sinking,

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it will suck you down with it

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-You're telling me that this thing, [br]when it goes down,

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I'm going to go down with it[br]because it's going to suck me down

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-Yeah

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-So, what are the prevealing theories[br]behind the boat sucking me down?

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-Well, apparently there are three[br]and the first one is that air

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that mixes in with the water as[br]it rushes up from the boat

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makes the water less dense [br]so it's like you're going to fall

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through the water quicker that way

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Uh, the second theory is that the cavities[br]in the ship will create an area for

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the water ​to rush in and that'll [br]pull you into the ship and then

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the third one is that the ship moving[br]through the water rapidly towards

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the bottom will create a vortex above it[br]kind of like drafting behind a truck when

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it's on a highway

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-You know, all these theories seem to me[br]simple enough to actually test

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on the shop. I think I could build a small[br]water rig with a bubbler and some weights

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some small boats and we could see all[br]three these theories right by the shop

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-Yeah, but, you know, I still think that[br]we need a real boat.

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People ain't going to get it[br]unless we do it with a real boat

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(music)

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-Until they find a suitable boat,[br]Adam sets out to test the vortex

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and bubble density theories on[br]a small scale

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-Well, what I made is a miniature bubbling[br]rig and we are trying to show whether

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or not the ship produces a lot of bubbles[br]and the bubbles lower the density of water

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people sink whereas normally they'd float[br]or whether it creates a vortex that

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pulls things in after it.

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This would be the Titanic, this is[br]a lead weight, it's pretty darn heavy

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and let's say that is our person[br]right there

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We are ready

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Squat, nothing

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-To make this work, Adam has to rethink[br]his ratios of weight, density and buoyancy

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(music)

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-Adam is building a rig four feet square[br]by ten feet high.

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They'll then attach an electric winch and[br]guided wires to hold a special box

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that will simulate the action of[br]a sinking boat

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-So right now I'm actually just[br]finishing up the PVC matrix that will be

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our bubbler and hopefully it'll provide us[br]with a really attractive stream of bubbles

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Then I'm going to make a panel for the top[br]of this box which has a hole on it

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so that not only can we test what happens[br]when you drop a weight in water but

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when you drop a weight with an air gap[br]in it we can see what happens

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We are going to fill this[br]with 25 pound barbell weights

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-Encinal High School in Alameda agrees to[br]host a Mythbusters midsize experiment

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The school's diving pool at 12 feet deep [br]is ideal for the new rig

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-Oh, it's a beautiful story

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-The plan is to see what specific forces[br]are in play when a ship sinks

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-At this point I really don't know what [br]is gonna happen with this

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You know, my impression is that if you're[br]floating above a boat as it's going down,

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it's not really going to pull you down

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-Jamie's pessimistic about the vortex[br]theory but he's open to the bubbles

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creating lower density.[br]-I don't know if it's going to blow you up

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because of all the bubbles going up or[br]whether the bubbles will make the water

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in that area less dense will make you[br]go down. It'll be interesting to see

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This is lead shot

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-Water densitity is the key so[br]they've made a hydrometer, a simple

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flotation device that measures the[br]specific gravity or density of a liquid

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-We'll see how much the density of[br]the water changes by how far this goes up

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and down when the water's aerated.[br]That's perfect

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-Experiment one: the bubble test[br]-A compressor will supply air

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to Adam's PVC bubble matrix.[br]- Okay, I'm going.

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-Alright, I'm going to watch it[br]Oh, that looks cool from here

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(laughter)

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-It looks like it's going down, yes[br]-Oh, way down

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-Okay, is out of the... looks like someone[br]is gonna have to get their swim trunks on

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-And that's all the encouragement[br]Adam needed on a warm California day

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-Can we blur out the love handles?[br]-No!

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-Be nice to me alright[br]-Happy with the bubble effect,

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their first weight test should determine[br]if volume makes it easier to be dragged

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down

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So to get a closer simulation of[br]a sinking boat the box is positioned on

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the surface and loaded with 200 pounds.[br]They hope the inrush of water

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to the empty box will drive[br]the vortex effect

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-Good, go!

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-Wow

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-I pulled it down[br]-That was intense

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I didn't realize the result[br]would be so marked

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When I'm in the water as the weight[br]releases I can definitely feel it pushing

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this cushion of water out around it as[br]it's plummeting and I'll tell you

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straight up based in what I see here[br]you'll definitely get sucked down

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and I think the bigger the object,[br]the bigger the suck

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-They increased the box weight[br]to 300 pounds.

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-Alright, hydrometer is ready[br]-Okay, going

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-Go

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-Nice sound[br]-Yeah!

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-Where's the hydrometer?[br](laughter)

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-There it is![br](laughter)

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-That pretty much says it[br]-Wow! I mean it went all the way

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to the bottom and hanged up[br]there for a while

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-Once again, the box filled rapidly, drop[br]like a stone and pulled

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the hydrometer down entirely

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-Hold on, hold on[br]-Now it's Adam's turn to ride the vortex

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-Okay, auch first of all, second of all[br]you can feel youself in the vortex

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as you're going down, I mean[br]I didn't separate from the box at all,

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my buoyancy had no bearing on the matter[br]I just sunk right with it until

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I hit the bottom.[br]That was intense!

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-The pool testing is done and[br]Adam's up for the real thing

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(music)

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Meanwhile the search for the ideal[br]sinkable boat begins among

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the Marina's of embarcadero cove[br]in Oakland, California

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This hunt won't be easy,[br]the boat they need must sink effortlessly

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Any vessel too buoyant will be a problem

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-Boat was a piece of junk which doesn't[br]make me feel too bad about sinking it

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For a boat this size it's actually got[br]a fair amount of volume

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which it's what we need. It'd be[br]a perfect boat for us except for the fact

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it's wood and I don't think[br]is going to go down too quick

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because wood tipically floats.[br]We are looking for the largest boat

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that we can afford to sink quickly and[br]that by my mind would have to be

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a steel boat

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-A heavy steel tugboat catches their eye[br]but it quickly becomes obvious that this

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old hulk is way beyond their needs.[br]-I think this boat is so perfect for our

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Titanic rig that it'd make me cry[br]if we were able to get it

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It does however look like quite a deal[br]to make it go

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-Two boats have already been rejected[br]as unsuitable but after some

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good detective work they find[br]a very likely candidate.

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Another old tug but at nine tons[br]this one is more suitable

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Adam won't be using a scuba so in case[br]of emergency he has to learn to breath

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from another diver's regulator.[br]-I've been waiting half my life to see

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what it feels like to breath underwater[br]and that's like really cool so

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I'm dying to be on that boat when[br]it goes down like I'm psyched to done that

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like I can't wait.

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-It's test day and Adam is excited enough[br]to be up before dawn.

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-Good morning, good morning[br](laughts)

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Well everyone else crapped out I think[br]we're the only one who's taking

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the journey across the bay to deliver our[br]little tugboat right here.

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It's really nice to be on the bay at dawn[br]as the sun comes up, it's quite beautiful

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uh, and our little tug, Mythtanic,[br]it's handling the trip just fine

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should be ready to sink

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-Across the bay, the San Francisco drydock[br]workers are preparing for this

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unusual event.

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Their skill will help sink the boat and[br]recover it.

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- All my life my dad used to tell me that

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if a boat sinks you have to swim away[br]as quick you can

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because you'll be sucked down with it

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-The tugboat captain, Greg Urban, knows[br]this chilly mirky waters and the dangers

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they hold

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-I'm very interested in seen what happens

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I'm glad it's you that's gonna be standing

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on deck and not me so

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I think you're gonna get suck down with it

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-Despite the predictions, Jamie's still[br]looking on the bright side.

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-Well, you know it's a little brisk[br]this morning but at least is warmer

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in the water perhaps.[br](laughter)

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-Somehow I don't think so

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-With all his underwater expertise,[br]Jamie knows this is risky.

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He's enlisted a dive buddy, Shawn Willis,[br]a professional with 13 years experience

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-Tough to estimate what the visibility[br]will be like, sometimes currents make it

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better with the silty bottom often[br]currents can stir up a little bit worse

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so it makes things a little harder,[br]a little bit more dangerous,

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a little bit more complicated.[br](music)

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-The tug toes the Mythtanic out to the end[br]of the drydock.

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To make salvage as easy as possible,[br]it'll be sunk right under the shadow

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of the big crane.

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-Swing it out, swing it out.

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Swing it out some more.

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-The boat is going to sink,[br]we are going to find it.

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We are going to hook the cables up to it.[br]We are going to bring it back up.

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And we are going to do it again until[br]we get too cold or too tired to do it.

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-Hey Adam, just letting you know,[br]we've got fivety feet underneath your boat

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right now, fivety feet of water. [br]Very cold water.

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-The biggest fear that I've got is Adam's[br]safety, you know?

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We don't really know what is[br]going to happen with this boat.

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Water is murky, it's cold, it's deep.[br]This is a dangerous stunt that we're doing

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And I guess Adam's life is in my hands.

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-Adam doesn't wait around as the sea[br]instantly gushes in.

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-You're only opening one valve,[br]one valve.

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-We've got fivety of water in here[br]right now.

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-The main job now is keeping[br]the sinking ship in reach of the crane.

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-We are now above of you guys so[br]hold on.

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-The tug gives the Mythtanic a gentle[br]nudge into position.

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-Two feet, two feet away.[br]Alright you bump it.

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Alright it's... it's going down bro,[br]it's going down.

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-Surprised by the sea's rapid inflow, [br]Adam bails out early and misses his chance

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Time to reflect and rethink the strategy.

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(Music)

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-Well, we pretty much know where it is.

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(Laughter)

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-The speed of the sunk was just like[br]"woosh"

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I mean, my job, I know, was to stay[br]with the boat and feel the suction.

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But I swear to God, standing on there,[br]my body just goes "Move that way!".

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(Laughs)

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Not that way!

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Survival kicked in a critical moment.

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-Jamie and Shawn work fourty feet down,[br]in the dark for thirty minutes to reattach

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the salvage lines.

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Question is: Are they gain for take two?

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-Are you insinuating that I might not have[br]the "cojones" to follow through...

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-I know you got the "cojones" to do it.[br]I'm only saying...

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-Then what was the question?[br]-Alright!

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- I don't... I don't really want to, uh...

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I don't think that we are going to see[br]anything different that we already saw

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with that boat. You know? For us to get in[br]that sweet spot might take us

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a half of a dozen tries and all that[br]represents to me as a lot of work.

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But if you want to do it again I just, [br]you know, it was hard.

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-Yeah.

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-It's a difficult decision to scuttle[br]the boat again.

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But they need a result.[br]They resolved to do it with the cables

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in place, but slackened.

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-We've seen what the boat does,[br]it's nothing that scary, um...

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I feel pretty good about lowering it on[br]with the cables still attached this time,

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because they're so heavy they're just[br]go down into the water.

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-Ok, hold on to that back there.

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-This will be their last attempt to tackle[br]the old Titanic myth.

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Would someone in the water be pull down[br]with the ship?

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-You guys watch out for the cables.[br]Don't get tangled up on the cable.

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Be careful!

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Stay with it, stay there, stay with it.[br]There you go.

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-Nope

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-Did it suck you down in?[br](Laughter)

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-I didn't see nobody get sucked in.[br](Laughs)

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-No suction.[br]-No suction at all, I mean.

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I could not have been more central[br]to the boat when it went down.

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I sat on it, the entire boat just dropped[br]underneath me and...

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I hit the water, my neck hit the water and[br]I never went any lower.

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-And what did I say?[br]-Heck, once again, Hyneman,

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you were absolutely right about how[br]the boat sank, so uh...

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I say let's get this puppy back up and[br]call it a day, I need a drink.

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(Laughter)

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-So, no vortex with the Mythtanic but how[br]do they explain the drammatic test

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in the swimming pool?

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-In our test we used, like, three hundred[br]pounds and it went down really quickly.

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A boat is not build like that.[br]It's a lot larger surface area.

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It didn't go down that fast.

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-We know Jamie, I'm going to go out[br]on the limb here and say....

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There is no effect, that myth is busted.

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-Yeah, I agree, you know.[br]I was right there too, I didn't feel it,

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I didn't see it, uh, didn't happen.[br]-You know and with all the rigging

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and stuff that are on a normal ship,[br]there are some very good reasons

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to swim away from a boat[br]that it's going down.

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It could pull you down, you get caught[br]in the rigging...

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But none of them involve suction and[br]I know our boat wasn't as big as one

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of these but with a nine ton boat I think[br]you would have felt something.

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- I agree.

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Busted

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Goldfish memory

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-This myth is a pretty laid back one, huh,[br]Jamie?

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-Yeah, the myth says that you can put[br]a goldfish in a small bowl and

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they are okay with it because they are so[br]stupid that by the time

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they make it around the bowl, in like[br]about three seconds,

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they just forgot where they were.

0:15:41.448,0:15:44.685
-So what we want to really test here is[br]what is the memory span

0:15:44.685,0:15:45.911
of the averag​e goldfish.

0:15:45.911,0:15:51.259
-What I though we'd do is build a maze[br]and the goldfish will have to be taugh

0:15:51.259,0:15:54.329
how to make it through the maze,[br]and if they can remember that...

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We'll know a little bit more of how smart[br]they are.

0:15:56.967,0:16:00.109
-So what you are talking about is not[br]a goldfish intelligence test

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but a Mythbusters intelligence[br]test as well.

0:16:03.126,0:16:05.086
-You can look at it that way.

0:16:05.211,0:16:07.533
-One that I think I will win.

0:16:07.533,0:16:11.583
-So, the guys want to train goldfish[br]to swim through a maze.

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-Have you heard of the myth that goldfish[br]only have three seconds of memory?

0:16:15.175,0:16:20.175
-Yes, I have. Their brains are pretty[br]small and it's about two percent

0:16:20.175,0:16:22.331
of their body weight so you can figure[br]that...

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they're not going to have much of[br]a memory.

0:16:24.338,0:16:28.411
-Steve, the pet shop guy, has all the fish[br]and all the accesories

0:16:28.411,0:16:31.519
that Mythbus​ters need.[br]-I think this is definitely the one for me

0:16:31.519,0:16:33.673
Jamie, it's the deepsea diver with[br]the shark.

0:16:33.905,0:16:35.425
-This is a thirty eight gallon.

0:16:35.425,0:16:38.231
I have the best food for godlfish.

0:16:38.231,0:16:40.637
You make sure you have a good water[br]conditioner.

0:16:40.705,0:16:43.269
-Those are perfect. What do we need?[br]Ten of those?

0:16:43.269,0:16:45.228
-Yeah, five.[br]-Five in each tank?

0:16:45.228,0:16:46.068
-Yeah[br]-Okay.

0:16:46.068,0:16:53.160
-It's the easiest sale Steve's ever made.[br]Two tanks, ten fish and enough supplies

0:16:53.160,0:16:54.866
to feed a whale.

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(Music)

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Jamie and Adam have given themselves[br]forty five days to train their fish and

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bust the myth.[br]They've each got a tank and each

0:17:05.661,0:17:10.300
will devise their own training method.[br]The competition is heating up.

0:17:10.569,0:17:17.569
-I think that I shall be the best trainer.[br]Purely because of the fact that uh...

0:17:18.068,0:17:21.648
training animals requires above all[br]consistency.

0:17:22.655,0:17:25.016
Adam is not a very consistent person.

0:17:25.212,0:17:26.743
(Laughs)

0:17:27.604,0:17:33.464
-Turns out Jamie has another advange.[br]He used to own a pet shop and he knows

0:17:33.464,0:17:34.224
his fish.

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-In addition to his time in the special[br]forces and being the international whisks

0:17:38.039,0:17:41.573
champion and even being a lion owner,[br]Jamie's probably one of only handful

0:17:41.573,0:17:44.809
people in the world who's actually trained[br]a goldfish to ring a bell.

0:17:44.809,0:17:49.334
I don't have anything like that kind of [br]pedigree with goldfish training regiments.

0:17:50.087,0:17:51.581
Oh, look at that!

0:17:51.581,0:17:54.891
-I think I'm in fact just going to leave[br]mine totally uncovered.

0:17:57.022,0:17:58.739
-Our win.

0:17:59.672,0:18:01.802
-I'm going to kick your goldfish ass.

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(Laughs)

0:18:03.355,0:18:06.669
-Nearly six weeks since the goldfish[br]challenge began.

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Today all their hard work will be put[br]to the test.

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-Alright.

0:18:11.792,0:18:14.668
-Oh look, they see the orange thing.[br]They want to go for it.

0:18:15.396,0:18:18.436
-Jamie appears to have science[br]on his side.

0:18:18.531,0:18:22.531
Studies have shown that goldfish[br]repeatedly respond to colour

0:18:22.589,0:18:23.989
for food rewards.

0:18:24.727,0:18:29.349
-Time is starting now.[br]-They're off and racing.

0:18:29.502,0:18:32.672
-Hey guys! Here's your food.

0:18:33.082,0:18:35.553
-Come on boys, there you go.

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(Music)

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- Jamie's school has learned[br]its lessons well.

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(Music)

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But Adam's guys... must have been playing[br]hockey.

0:18:44.675,0:18:46.935
-I think it's quite obvious[br]what's happening...

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Or not happening.

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They seem to be fascinated with their[br]reflection on the other end of the tank.

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(Laughs)

0:18:54.687,0:18:58.897
- Jamie's crew is halfway through[br]and going swimmingly.

0:18:59.131,0:19:00.695
- You know you want it.

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Look at them. They are frantic to go[br]through there.

0:19:04.858,0:19:07.308
-Maybe I should give them a compass.

0:19:07.522,0:19:08.552
(Music)

0:19:08.764,0:19:11.248
-Oh[br]-Who's to say that luck doesn't play

0:19:11.248,0:19:16.428
a part in these things. They're through[br]the first barrier, but not for long.

0:19:16.428,0:19:18.308
-Oh, no no not back.

0:19:19.160,0:19:24.220
-There is no backtracking in Jamie's tank.[br]The first fish is through.

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-One minute.

0:19:25.710,0:19:30.021
-The rest of the gang isn't far behind,[br]except one.

0:19:30.021,0:19:34.021
-Interesting to note there is one fish[br]that is the stupidest one.

0:19:34.174,0:19:38.700
There is a little red head in back and, uh[br]he is the skinniest.

0:19:38.730,0:19:39.585
(Laughs)

0:19:40.381,0:19:43.301
-Adam apparently has two skinny fish.

0:19:44.152,0:19:48.032
-I don't understand the total ignorance[br]of this panel.

0:19:48.032,0:19:50.481
It's like this wall doesn't even exist[br]for him.

0:19:50.481,0:19:54.649
-I would say that without a doubt, one[br]minute to make it through the maze

0:19:54.649,0:19:56.508
is a lot quicker than random.

0:19:56.648,0:19:57.937
(Music)

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-And for Adam's fish?

0:20:00.719,0:20:01.979
-Nine minutes.

0:20:02.687,0:20:08.437
-Day fourty three of the goldfish memory[br]test and Adam's still behind.

0:20:08.524,0:20:11.297
-Listen, I don't have any work to do[br]on this experiment.

0:20:11.297,0:20:14.259
These fish have a lot of work to do.[br](Laughs)

0:20:14.259,0:20:18.259
I'm just giving them the framework with[br]which to prove themselves.

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For all goldfish kind.

0:20:20.536,0:20:23.596
-Adam just got stupid fish. [br]What are you going to do?

0:20:24.082,0:20:25.723
-Alright boys, are you ready?

0:20:25.780,0:20:26.780
(Adam whistles)

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(Music)

0:20:31.713,0:20:35.713
-Meanwhile, Jamie's A students are lining[br]up at the gate.

0:20:36.496,0:20:38.816
-They're looking perky this morning.

0:20:39.068,0:20:40.657
He's going for it.

0:20:41.342,0:20:43.172
-The starting gun has sounded.

0:20:43.172,0:20:46.390
Jamie's looking to go under sixty seconds.

0:20:48.621,0:20:55.501
-Oh, oh, oh yay. That was, let's see...[br]twenty five seconds. It's a record!

0:20:57.472,0:21:01.613
They were like definitely "Boof".[br]Way to go guys.

0:21:02.438,0:21:05.220
-Mine are eating their own poo.[br](Jamie laughs)

0:21:06.794,0:21:08.693
-Well, they seem healthy for all that.

0:21:08.693,0:21:12.952
-I know everybody's going to take me to[br]tasks for wasting these fish's time.

0:21:12.952,0:21:15.432
Hey! They're both on the second chamber.

0:21:15.911,0:21:17.261
Oh! They go back!

0:21:17.261,0:21:18.893
(Laughter)

0:21:19.494,0:21:25.074
-Can they remember for three seconds?[br]I'd bager you bet and a lot more.

0:21:26.401,0:21:29.691
-George Barlow, from the University[br]of California Berkeley,

0:21:29.691,0:21:34.849
is a professor of integrated biology and[br]a big fan of goldfish..

0:21:34.849,0:21:38.699
-I guess there's some debate about this.[br]Does condition behavior actually quallify

0:21:38.699,0:21:43.049
as memory?[br]-Sure. Any task that you can, in quotes,

0:21:43.049,0:21:49.097
teach to an animal and then retest later.[br]You have a very objective way of

0:21:49.097,0:21:51.489
evaluating whether it remembered it.

0:21:51.489,0:21:56.209
From what you've told me I would say, yeah[br]you have blown away the myth that

0:21:56.209,0:21:58.944
they can only remember for three seconds.

0:21:58.944,0:22:02.301
-And one of the purported reasons behind[br]the myth is so that people

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who keep godlfish in small bowls[br]don't feel so bad,

0:22:06.001,0:22:09.603
Do you think that it's actually cruel[br]to keep goldfish in a bowl like that?

0:22:10.392,0:22:12.331
-Well, we'll never know.

0:22:12.331,0:22:15.816
Adolf Hitler thought it was cruel to keep[br]goldfish in a bowl because

0:22:15.816,0:22:20.696
there was no corner for them in which[br]to hide and had a law made prohibiting

0:22:21.196,0:22:24.226
the use of bowls for goldfish.

0:22:24.623,0:22:30.853
But I think in general just an awful[br]lot of fish kept in aquaria are bored.

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(Music)

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-Okay guys...

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I got awake this morning.

0:22:38.984,0:22:43.074
-Jamie is confident his fish are drawing[br]on all their memory cells.

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It's the final day. Day fourty five.

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Will they find their food faster?

0:22:49.336,0:22:51.744
-Okay, let's go.[br]-Alright, timer's starting.

0:22:53.544,0:22:56.334
-There we go. We're going through one.

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Now go back through.

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(Music)

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Oh, they're looking like[br]they're going to do it...

0:23:05.049,0:23:08.284
-Twenty seconds.[br]-Oh they've lost the record.

0:23:09.905,0:23:11.415
-Twenty five seconds.

0:23:12.082,0:23:14.705
-There we go.[br]Almost.

0:23:14.748,0:23:17.848
-Thirty five seconds.[br]Come on handsome.

0:23:18.355,0:23:19.715
There it comes.

0:23:20.739,0:23:21.917
-There we go.

0:23:22.244,0:23:24.654
-Not bad at all. Fourty seconds.[br]-Fourty seconds.

0:23:25.154,0:23:29.374
I think that judging by what I'm seeing[br]that that's probably the threshold,

0:23:29.653,0:23:32.003
plus or minus thirty seconds[br]to get through.

0:23:32.003,0:23:35.623
And and thirty seconds is pretty good to[br]make it through four holes.

0:23:35.623,0:23:40.143
It's clear that they have learned and it's[br]clear that they do in fact have a memory

0:23:40.143,0:23:42.110
longer than three seconds.

0:23:42.123,0:23:45.958
-Absolutely. I...I mean, I'm impressed[br]how fast that is you know my fish

0:23:45.958,0:23:50.602
on average sort of randomly take between[br]like three and twenty minutes...

0:23:51.219,0:23:53.896
To get to their food.[br]I mean, you guys definitely know

0:23:53.896,0:23:55.216
what's going on.

0:23:55.573,0:23:57.221
Myth busted.

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(Laughter)

0:23:59.014,0:24:00.804
-Thanks Adam.[br](Adam laughs)

0:24:01.037,0:24:03.297
-Alright. Good night fish.

0:24:05.434,0:24:08.043
-See, is that kind of behavior that[br]screwed him up.