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What I am interested in with birds, just as I am with spiders or monkeys, is what they do and why they do it.
David Attenborough
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David Attenborough
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
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Sir David Attenborough
David Frederick Attenborough
Sir David Frederick Attenborough
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