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David Attenborough Celebrates His 100th Birthday
The filmmaker David Attenborough, who turned 100-years-old on Friday, has spent decades documenting and advocating for the natural world.
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“I’ve been bitten by a few adult otters in my time, and they really do have enormous teeth which go straight to the bone. I had rather thought that I would celebrate my 100th birthday quietly, but it seems that many of you have had other ideas. I’ve been completely overwhelmed by birthday greetings. I would like to thank you all most sincerely for your kind messages.” “We are now interfering with the natural world in such a wholesale way that we are risking the fertility of the world. We are risking the continued existence of this Earth as a fertile planet.” “If working apart, we are force powerful enough to destabilize our planet. Surely working together, we are powerful enough to save it.”
By Daniel Fetherston and Christina Kelso
May 8, 2026