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DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

Attenborough's Life Journey

Attenborough’s Last Encounter with Lonesome George

Experience the unforgettable moment when Sir David Attenborough encounters Lonesome George, the last of his kind. In an emotional final meeting, watch as the legendary naturalist comes face-to-face with the final Pinta Island tortoise just 14 days before the tortoise's death.

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Attenborough's Life Journey

How David Attenborough Captured Memorable Swan Moment

David Attenborough's team plans an ambitious sequence with swans, but filming with animals is never straightforward. Go behind the scenes of David Attenborough's infamous sequence with flying swans as they navigate the obstacles of capturing this spectacular moment.

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Attenborough's Life Journey

How Sir David Attenborough Got His Start

Witness Sir David’s love of fossils as a young boy in Leicester transform into a passion for the natural world in his field of study at Cambridge. From his early days as a presenter on BBC’s Zoo Quest, Attenborough rose through the ranks to become ...

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Attenborough's Life Journey

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An intimate portrait of Sir David Attenborough’s life, from his boyhood days as a fossil hunter, through his early days as a BBC host, to his revered status as the foremost natural history presenter.

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Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster

T-Rex vs. Jurassic Sea Monster

Sir David Attenborough investigates the discovery of a lifetime: the giant skull of a prehistoric sea monster, known as a Pliosaur – the Tyrannosaurus Rex of the seas.

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Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster

Discovering the Secrets of a Jurassic Sea Monster

Sir David Attenborough uncovers the secrets of the pliosaur, a monstrous marine predator. The pliosaur is believed to have been over 30 feet in length, similar to a doubledecker bus.

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Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster

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Follow Sir David Attenborough and a team of forensic experts as they unearth the fossil of a giant Pliosaur, the largest Jurassic predator ever known.

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Attenborough’s Wonder of Song

Male Lyrebird Manipulates Female Into Mating

The lyrebird can mimic the sounds of at least 20 different species. A male lyrebird manipulatively uses this to his advantage, mimicking the sound of a flock of birds to convince a nearby female that danger is outside of his realm and that she is ...

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Attenborough’s Wonder of Song

Young David Attenborough Records First Lemur Sounds

In 1960, a young David Attenborough helped capture the first-ever audio of Madagascar’s largest lemur, the indri. Using a battery-powered portable tape recorder, he played the sounds back to the lemurs and was rewarded with responses, which were thought to be a “keep out” signal ...

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