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I will be very sad when David Attenborough dies

Posted by grumble (edited )
Tags: science, david attenborough

I got teary eyed when my 5yo asked me about how baleen whales feed the other day, and I showed him a video narrated by David.

Just today I saw another great video from David. There will never be another like him (edit: David, not my kid), which is the saddest part of this post.

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  1. [5]
    LookAtTheName
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    My post in the weekly TV thread from a few weeks ago: Still need to watch the two mentioned above, but I've added The Miracle of Bali (1969) and The Tribal Eye (1975) to the list of stuff I've...

    My post in the weekly TV thread from a few weeks ago:

    I've been going through all of David Attenborough's Life series (Planet Earth before Planet Earth):
    Life on Earth (1979)
    The Living Planet (1984)
    The Trials of Life (1990)
    Life in the Freezer (1993)
    The Private Life of Plants (1995)
    The Life of Birds (1998) - still need to watch
    The Life of Mammals (2002)
    Life in the Undergrowth (2005)
    Life in Cold Blood (2008) - still need to watch

    These all hold up very well. I especially liked the quintessential 1990's intro for The Trials of Life.

    Still need to watch the two mentioned above, but I've added The Miracle of Bali (1969) and The Tribal Eye (1975) to the list of stuff I've watched. The first was okay, but Tribal Eye was great! Planet Earth III is currently airing in the UK, not positive if it's airing here in the states yet (I torrent everything). I read somewhere, no idea where, that this will be his last series. At 97 years old, I'm in awe of how good he still looks and sounds.

    Edit: "this will be his last" I may have conflated the reddit thread linked below's title with David himself. This being the last in the Planet Earth series, not necessarily David's last series.

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    1. [4]
      grumble
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      Thanks for the list. I've definitely seen a bunch of these, but where's blue planet? In college, I entertained a lot of friends with some sandwiches and a few of those DVDs. Most particularly "the...

      Thanks for the list. I've definitely seen a bunch of these, but where's blue planet?

      In college, I entertained a lot of friends with some sandwiches and a few of those DVDs. Most particularly "the deep".

      2 votes
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        LookAtTheName
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        Blue Planet (2001) was one I actually watched when it first came out and have on DVD. I guess I didn't include it in this list because it wasn't in the 2005 Collection. It also had a sequel...

        Blue Planet (2001) was one I actually watched when it first came out and have on DVD. I guess I didn't include it in this list because it wasn't in the 2005 Collection. It also had a sequel (2017), unlike all the others.

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        1. [2]
          LookAtTheName
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          @grumble 3 months ago I came across this reddit post of a user saying he's trying to preserve everything. I was able to find 2 things he was missing at the time. Here is his google docs spreadsheet.

          @grumble

          3 months ago I came across this reddit post of a user saying he's trying to preserve everything. I was able to find 2 things he was missing at the time. Here is his google docs spreadsheet.

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          1. tanglisha
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            Thank you, I sent that info to my data hoarder friend.

            Thank you, I sent that info to my data hoarder friend.

            2 votes
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    All_your_base
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    We all will be. He is a national treasure.

    We all will be. He is a national treasure.

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    1. Finnalin
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      International treasure!

      International treasure!

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  3. grumble
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    I'm paraphrasing others but: David will be the opposite of that. Not so much some others. Plus, you know, nature is destroyed. Can't do blue planet again. Too much plastic.

    I'm paraphrasing others but:

    I'm never going to wish one dead. I just might not read their obituary with sadness.

    David will be the opposite of that.

    Not so much some others.

    Plus, you know, nature is destroyed. Can't do blue planet again. Too much plastic.

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  4. devilized
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    Totally agree. I distinctly remember when Steve Irwin died. I was in college, and I remember people posting memorial posters of him everywhere. Obviously they're polar opposites in terms of energy...

    Totally agree. I distinctly remember when Steve Irwin died. I was in college, and I remember people posting memorial posters of him everywhere. Obviously they're polar opposites in terms of energy / personality, but both of them are/were institutional in the public-facing part of the field of Zoology.

    2 votes
  5. [2]
    Minty
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    What if your kid becomes the new David?

    There will never be another like him (edit: David, not my kid),

    What if your kid becomes the new David?

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    1. mordae
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      We would have to find another planet and some means of transportation for that to happen, sadly. Although I sincerely wish for anybody who fancies so to be able to explore the nature like David did.

      We would have to find another planet and some means of transportation for that to happen, sadly.
      Although I sincerely wish for anybody who fancies so to be able to explore the nature like David did.

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