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People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure.

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David Attenborough
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
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I'd like to see the giant squid. Nobody has ever seen one. I could tell you people who have spent thousands and thousands of pounds trying to see giant squid. I mean, we know they exist because we have seen dead ones. But I have never seen a living one. Nor has anybody else.
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What humans do over the next 50 years will determine the fate of all life on the planet.
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Now, I find that very difficult to reconcile with notions about a merciful God.
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Birds are the most accomplished aeronauts the world has ever seen. They fly high and low, at great speed, and very slowly. And always with extraordinary precision and control.
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I'm against this huge globalisation on the basis of economic advantage.
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I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored.
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I believe the Abominable Snowman may be real. I think there may be something in that.
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Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren't aware that you are not treating them with respect, the viewers are.
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I am an ardent recycler. I would like to think that it works. I don't know whether it does or not.
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