"I often get letters, quite frequently, from people who say how they like the programmes a lot, but I never give credit to the almighty power that created nature.“


-David Attenborough

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I often get letters, quite frequently, from people who say how they like the programmes a lot, but I never give credit to the almighty power that created nature.

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