David Attenborough
David Attenborough
Sir David Frederick Attenborough OM CH CVO CBE FRS FLS FZS FSA is an English broadcaster and naturalist...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth8 May 1926
CityIsleworth, England
eye bird ears
Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?
boys years levels
When I was a boy in the 1930s, the carbon dioxide level was still below 300 parts per million. This year, it reached 382, the highest figure for hundreds of thousands of years.
god difficult notion
Now, I find that very difficult to reconcile with notions about a merciful God.
animal watches generations
If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in life is to pass on their genes to the next generation.
doubt population fundamentals
I have no doubt that the fundamental problem the planet faces is the enormous increase in the human population
nature earth-day understanding
An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment.
animal thinking mourning
Sentimentalising is anathema, as far as I am concerned. It leads you into ethical problems about violence and killing and eating meat. The whole world becomes topsy-survy if you impose moralities that were evolved within human society on what a blowfly or what a parasite does... there are lots of emotions you can deduce from an animal's behaviour that are correct, but when you start saying it's feeling guilty or thinking or a loved one or mourning, you must be very careful of those feelings.
australia suffering able
I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours of arrival.
successful survival benefits
Using his burgeoning intelligence, this most successful of all mammals has exploited the environment to produce food for an ever increasing population. Instead of controlling the environment for the benefit of the population, perhaps it's time we controlled the population to allow the survival of the environment.
issues fundamentals moral
The fundamental issue is the moral issue.
growth atmosphere balance
I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into the atmosphere hadn't changed the climatic balance. Of course it has. There is no valid argument for denial.
climate climate-change humans
There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.
thinking grandchildren looks
If my grandchildren were to look at me and say, 'You were aware species were disappearing and you did nothing, you said nothing', that I think is culpable. I don't know how much more they expect me to be doing, I'd better ask them.
travel home journey
I think a major element of jetlag is psychological. Nobody ever tells me what time it is at home.