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Nothing in the natural world makes sense - except when seen in the light of evolution

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David Attenborough
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
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David Frederick Attenborough
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All life is related. And it enables us to construct with confidence the complex tree that represents the history of life
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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.
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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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They always mean beautiful things like hummingbirds. I always reply by saying that I think of a little child in east Africa with a worm burrowing through his eyeball. The worm cannot live in any other way, except by burrowing through eyeballs. I find that hard to reconcile with the notion of a divine and benevolent creator.
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The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?
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I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours of arrival.
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If we and the rest of the back-boned animals were to disappear overnight, the rest of the world would get on pretty well. But if the invertebrates were to disappear, the world's ecosystems would collapse
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Its about cherishing the woodland at the bottom of your garden or the stream that runs through it. It affects every aspect of life.
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I remember when we were in the World Cup in Australia and I had to win the singles against Tony Payne, best of seven legs, to win it. I was 2-0 down but ended up beating him I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours of arrival.
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The idea that the Lord had given us a present, that the world is a gift from God... well, the amount of stuff, back then, that the Lord was giving away was limited. We do not have dominion.
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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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The notion of ever more old people needing ever more young people, who will in turn grow old and need even more young people, and so on ad infinitum, is an obvious ecological Ponzi scheme.
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I don't like rats, but there's not much else I don't like. The problem with rats is they have no fear of human beings, they're loaded with foul diseases, they would run the place given half the chance, and I've had them leap out of a lavatory while I've been sitting on it.
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I'm not over-fond of animals. I am merely astounded by them.
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If I can make programmes when I'm 95, that would be fine. But I would think I'll have had enough by then.
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I'm against this huge globalisation on the basis of economic advantage.
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Well, I'm having a good time. Which makes me feel guilty too. How very English.
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It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species.
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