100 years of Sir David Attenborough
5/7/202619 min
The man who made you cry over a walrus, root for a penguin, reassess your relationship with plastics and taught you the true meaning of the circle of life, turns 100 today. Today we're looking at the life and legacy of Sir David Attenborough, and what his century on Earth has meant for us all, including Australians.
Hosts: Emma Gillespie and Lucy Tassell
Producer: Rosa Bowden
You can watch Tom Tilley's 2019 interview with David Attenborough here.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
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Orla0:03
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David Attenborough· Soundbite0:06
This is The Daily Aus. [bell dings] This is The Daily Aus.
Orla0:09
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Emma Gillespie· Host0:11
[gentle music] Good morning, and welcome to The Daily Aus. It's Friday, the 8th of May. I'm Emma Gillespie.
Orla0:24
I'm Lucy Tassel.
Emma Gillespie· Host0:25
The man who made you cry over a walrus, root for a penguin, reassess your relationship with plastics, and taught you the true meaning of the circle of life turns 100 today.
David Attenborough· Soundbite0:37
Surely we have a responsibility to care for our blue planet. The future of humanity and indeed all life on Earth now depends on us. It seems really very unfair that man should have chosen the gorilla to symbolize all that is aggressive and violent, when that's the one thing that the gorilla is not and that we are. If we damage the natural world and reduce its value and reduce its ... We damage ourselves.
Emma Gillespie· Host1:10
In today's episode, we are going to look at the life and legacy of Sir David Attenborough and what his century on Earth has meant for us all, including Australians. But first, you are going to hear a quick message from our fabulous producer, Orla.
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