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My Favorite David Attenborough Moments
My tribute to the famous naturalist.
David Attenborough has been making superb nature documentary series for decades. He has shown us the wonders of evolution and animal behavior in every type of life on the planet.
Life in Cold Blood, his most recent series, was supposedly his last. Now it seems he’s not done yet. But here are my favorite clips from his life’s work so far, in imitation of the 2006 UKTV list.
This is only a tiny sampler. To get the full experience, buy the DVDs:
- Life on Earth
- The Living Planet
- The Trials of Life
- Life in the Freezer
- The Private Life of Plants
- The Life of Birds
- The Life of Mammals
- Life in the Undergrowth
- Life in Cold Blood (to be released)
A lyrebird imitates the sounds of a camera, a car siren, and chainsaws
From The Life of Birds, episode 6.
A wasp makes ants attack themselves
From Life in the Undergrowth, episode 4.
A spider catches moths with a lasso
From Life in the Undergrowth, episode 3.
What we do to preserve cranes
From The Life of Birds, episode 10.
Chimps wading through water on two feet
From The Life of Mammals, episode 10.
Chimps using tools to crack nuts
From The Life of Mammals, episode 10.
Talk about sexual compeition
From Life in Cold Blood, episode 5.
A termite castle
From Trials of Life, episode 6.
David face-to-face with mountain gorillas
From Life on Earth, episode 12.
A war between ants and termites
From Life in the Undergrowth, episode 5.
Chimps hunting monkeys as a team
From The Life of Mammals, episode 10.
A bird that talks to humans
From Trials of Life, episode 10.
Growing bramble
From The Private Life of Plants, episode 1.
Anaconda eats antelope
From Life in Cold Blood, episode 4.