If we and the rest of the back-boned animals were to disappear overnight, the rest of the world would get on pretty well. But if the invertebrates were to disappear, the world's ecosystems would collapse
David AttenboroughI don't think we are going to become extinct. We're very clever and extremely resourceful - and we will find ways of preserving ourselves, of that I'm sure. But whether our lives will be as rich as they are now is another question.
David AttenboroughI'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how animals work.
David AttenboroughI'm swanning round the world looking at the most fabulously interesting things. Such good fortune.
David Attenborough