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Cameramen are among the most extraordinarily able and competent people I know. They have to have an insight into natural history that gives them a sixth sense of what the creature is going to do, so they can be ready to follow.

David Attenborough

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David Attenborough
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
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