In his 2020 documentary film David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet, Attenborough advocates for people to adopt a vegetarian diet or to reduce meat consumption to save wildlife, noting that "the planet can't support billions of meat-eaters."
on the prospect of retirement, he commented: "If I was earning my money by hewing coal I would be very glad indeed to stop. But I'm not. I'm swanning round the world looking at the most fabulously interesting things. Such good fortune."
>>5122898 Sir David wants fewer Africans and Indians on the planet:
"Sending food aid to famine-stricken countries avoids the more fundamental problem of population growth, Sir David Attenborough has said, as he called for more debate about population control.
The renowned broadcaster told the Daily Telegraph the world was "heading for disaster", and without action the "natural world will do something".
"What are all these famines in Ethiopia? What are they about?" he said. "They're about too many people for too little land. That's what it's about. And we are blinding ourselves. We say, get the United Nations to send them bags of flour. That's barmy."
He admitted the issues had huge sensitivities, but insisted it was important to "just keep on about it".
One area of concern, he said, was about the right to have children. "To start with, it is the individual's great privilege to have children. And who am I to say that you shan't have children? That's one thing," he said. "And the last sensitivity – and the most tricky of all – is the fact, when you talk about world population, the areas we're talking about are Africa and Asia, you know."
>>5122876 YouTube has none Documentary levels of education as old school Discovery Channel and Animal Planet, it's funny how YouTube is recommend me David documentaries of 3 hrs, same thing happened on Steve Irwin birthday
Happy Birthday David, Thank you for getting me interested in nature, watching the Life of Mammals and the Life of Birds were formative experiences for me.
>>5122969 >20 minutes long >manages to say absolutely nothing of substance >released on his birthday to bait as many views as possible What a garbage video. It doesn’t even make a single worthwhile point
>>5122985 See this is how you talk about these kinds of things matter-of-factly. He isn't saying anything is wrong with the people of Africa or Asia, just that they have problems of having too many children in areas where resources are more scarce. Only the whiniest liberal would have a problem with what David is saying here. Overpopulation is a real concern for the future and no amount of "cultural sensitivity" will solve that problem.
>>5123276 It really isn't because there's no reason to believe that as Africa develops they won't have exactly the same demographic trend as every other country on Earth, that is declining birthrates. See pic related from the world bank.
>>5122969 Genuinely what was the point of this >David said the natural world is full of wonder >Erm, aktualee the natural world is cruel, LIAR! *Checks upload date* Oh, it's just engagement bait
>>5123295 not only is Africa unlikely to achieve First World living standards, but even if it did with its current population size, it would come at the cost of most of its megafauna
>>5122969 did this faggot change the title of his video to mention David Attenborough for increased views? I could've swore the previous title just mentioned "nature documentaries"
>>5123322 He also contradicts himself by showing clips from documentaries involving violent animal behaviour and saying that is also bad because it’s dramatisation. It’s pure slop that says nothing
>>5123375 >not only is Africa unlikely to achieve First World living standards Why? > even if it did with its current population size, it would come at the cost of most of its megafauna Well yes, first world living standards are unsustainable. But you don't need first world living standards to hit below replacement rate.
>>5122906 Ecologists are such doomer faggots. The greatest thing about nature is how no matter what it can always heal itself. If you don't see the beauty of plants reclaiming a coal mine or how a mish mash of species from around the globe can form a novel ecosystem in some suburb that's a you problem.
>>5122985 >Sir David wants fewer Africans and Indians on the planet: >"Sending food aid to famine-stricken countries avoids the more fundamental problem of population growth, Sir David Attenborough has said, as he called for more debate about population control. >The renowned broadcaster told the Daily Telegraph the world was "heading for disaster", and without action the "natural world will do something". >"What are all these famines in Ethiopia? What are they about?" he said. "They're about too many people for too little land. That's what it's about. And we are blinding ourselves. We say, get the United Nations to send them bags of flour. That's barmy." >He admitted the issues had huge sensitivities, but insisted it was important to "just keep on about it". >One area of concern, he said, was about the right to have children. "To start with, it is the individual's great privilege to have children. And who am I to say that you shan't have children? That's one thing," he said. "And the last sensitivity – and the most tricky of all – is the fact, when you talk about world population, the areas we're talking about are Africa and Asia, you know." interesting even in such topics
>>5122985 He isn’t wrong either. The best way to reduce population growth in these places is to educate women and improve healthcare. The bleeding hearts would read that and think he’s advocating for mass murder though
>>5123492 that doesnt change anything, its genetic, you cannot train nor feed your genes to be better, theyre born a retard, theyll live as a retard, and theyll die a retard
>>5122866 Based on Prehistoric Planet, I think he's too old to effectively do the narration job anymore. He slurs his words constantly, and it's really distracting.
>>5130011 Like 3x, mostly due to the high volume of venom delivered. The pain comes mostly from algogens. By weight, honey bee venom is actually more toxic (about 1.5 times) than an european hornet's.
The asian hornet does not seem to be any more "aggressive" than any other stinging insect (don't attack them, duh). However, they raid bee hives, and everyone knows that beekeepers never miss a good opportunity to kvetch how their poor bees are threatened while fucking up the life of wild pollinators.
>>5125877 He doesn’t. You’re just looking for minor issues to shit your pants over because you’re still seething about a tv show four years after its release