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Nothing in the natural world makes sense - except when seen in the light of evolution
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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The fact is that no species has ever had such wholesale control over everything on earth, living or dead, as we now have. That lays upon us, whether we like it or not, an awesome responsibility. In our hands now lies not only our own future, but that of all other living creatures with whom we share the earth.
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It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species.
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I would love to see a giant squid. Very few people have seen them. And only about half a dozen people have seen one alive.
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An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment...
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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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Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on a license which is not the same as a government grant.
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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 against this huge globalisation on the basis of economic advantage.
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I often get letters, quite frequently, from people who say how they like the programmes a lot, but I never give credit to the almighty power that created nature.
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I believe the Abominable Snowman may be real. I think there may be something in that.
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Getting to places like Bangkok or Singapore was a hell of a sweat. But when you got there it was the back of beyond. It was just a series of small tin sheds.
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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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All the modern devices we have enable us to investigate things and have enabled us to do better.
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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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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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You'll find people where their conditions aren't changing in any way, its rather rare for them to be happy.
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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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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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London has fine museums, the British Library is one of the greatest library institutions in the world... It's got everything you want, really.
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