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Humanity is facing a very big, slow, long, drawn-out threat, and that is to do with the way the weather is changing and the size of the population.
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
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