DAVID ATTENBOROUGH TOP 20
21 ACROSS
September 2, 2006EYES ON THE BALL
September 4, 2006David Attenborough is awesome. He is largely responsible for turning the BBC into the network it is today (including the move to color TV and building BBC2). But most people know him from his nature specials. If you’ve ever watched a nature special, you probably know who he is. He does nature specials better than anyone else, and has been all over the world to film its beauty for us.
You can read more about him on his BBC page and his Wikipedia page. But you come to know Attenborough best by looking at his impressive body of work.
To commemorate his awesomeness, I’ve put together the complete list of everyone’s 20 favorite Attenborough moments, along with a few other clips I like. Thats a lot of videos, so instead of embedding them into the page I’m just linking them. Enjoy!
Edit: After 4 days of work and 2.11 gigs later, the list is now complete!!! Yay
1. Attenborough watching a lyrebird mimicking various noises (The Life of Birds)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CNi-EFWLpk
2. Mountain gorillas (Life on Earth)
Video:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–xJjzA3hQY
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT2q7VOErFU
3. Blue whale encounter (The Life of Mammals)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcLHFu2lZ6c
4. His description of the demise of Easter Island’s native society (State of the Planet)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84PTH8ceWvI
5. Chimpanzees using tools to crack nuts (The Life of Mammals)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii6I4nNPClw
6. A Grizzly bear fishing (The Life of Mammals)
Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=LXOSAZz6Px4
7. Imitating a woodpecker to lure in a real one (The Life of Birds)
Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=hgYQUBZUYSI
8. The presenter being attacked by a displaying male Capercaillie (The Life of Birds)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgP7K1PlNTQ
9. Chimps wading through water on two feet (The Life of Mammals)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrdU-3Uaq10
10. Observing a male bowerbird’s display (The Life of Birds)
Video:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yOL49n-j70
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygz-SiqF-YA
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uihebmmpv3g
11. Watching elephants in a salt cave (The Life of Mammals)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAVv-E5vgUQ
12. Wild chimps hunting monkeys (The Trials of Life)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-UMEr6JRDU
13. Freetail bats leaving a cave and Attenborough holding one of their young (The Trials of Life)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U253Do92a-A
14. Being threatened by a bull elephant seal (Life in the Freezer)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n73CMbBu4Yg
15. A wandering albatross chick and its parent (Life in the Freezer)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9bri0tPb04
16. Spawning Christmas Island red crabs (The Trials of Life)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFJfmIWEgUI
17. In a tree with gibbons (The Life of Mammals)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq1wF65tJvA
18. Burrowing under a termite mound to demonstrate its cooling system (The Trials of Life)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQQf8QbuFts
19. Observing a titan arum (The Private Life of Plants)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4icfzXKPePQ
20. Timelapse footage of a bramble growing (The Private Life of Plants)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFPJGEY3HhQ
Here’s some other neat clips:
Comedy Blue Whale PenisSlugs mating (Holy fuck!!!)
Centipede vs bat
Python vs deer
Crows use cars to eat
Grebes mating dance
Bird leads man to honey
Surfing Snails
Orcas vs Sea Lions
Underwater brine sea
A caterpillar builds a home
Ants herdings a caterpillar
The parasitic dodder plant
Persistence hunt (part 1)
Persistence hunt (part 2)
