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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.

David Attenborough

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David Attenborough
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
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Before the BBC, I joined the Navy in order to travel.
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I don't think we are going to become extinct. We're very clever and extremely resourceful - and we will find ways of preserving ourselves, of that I'm sure. But whether our lives will be as rich as they are now is another question.
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I've never actually met one in the wild, but I have seen a king cobra. They go towards people, they rear up six feet tall and they're very aggressive and they are very fast. And one bite means certain death. So if I encountered a king cobra in the wild I would be very alarmed.
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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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Well, I'm having a good time. Which makes me feel guilty too. How very English.
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