I'd like to see the giant squid. Nobody has ever seen one. I could tell you people who have spent thousands and thousands of pounds trying to see giant squid. I mean, we know they exist because we have seen dead ones. But I have never seen a living one. Nor has anybody else.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a desire for exploration and discovery in the natural world, highlighting the mystery of species like the giant squid.
David Attenborough's quote conveys a sense of wonder and curiosity about the mysteries of nature, illustrated by the elusive giant squid. Despite the efforts of many to observe a living specimen, only dead ones have been found, emphasizing the vastness of the unknown in our world and the challenges of scientific exploration.
In practice
During a nature documentary screening, quote Attenborough to inspire an interest in marine biology.
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.
I'm against this huge globalisation on the basis of economic advantage.
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There's a small worm called Loa Loa Filariasis. This parasite can survive in one environment exclusively- namely, underneath the skin and inside the eyes of human beings. Children and the elderly in tropical regions (usually the poorest) are the most widely affected. A painful, slow death is virtually certain. The worm can actually live in the host for 17 years before the host finally dies.
The fundamental issue is the moral issue.
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I will arise and go now, for always night and day I hear lake water lapping...I hear it in the deep heart's core.
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You know what a lima bean does when it's attacked by spider mites? It releases this volatile chemical that goes out into the world and summons another species of mite that comes in and attacks the spider mite, defending the lima bean. So what plants have - while we have consciousness, toolmaking, language, they have biochemistry.
In the environmental movement, every time you lose a battle it's for good, but our victories always seem to be temporary and we keep fighting them over and over again.
It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever.
Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.
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