#BBC amends Attenborough show to give #fossil hunter more credit for #pliosaur find
I have enjoyed #Attenborough’s programs over the years, but this highlights the cult of personality that the #BEEB persists with.
At one level it is harmful because it marginalises the people who do the real work, in this case biologists, palaeontologists and camera folk. At another level it drives up salaries for luvvy presenters. That is all he is.
"Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster review – quite possibly the most deeply joyous show ever made"
"Etches embarks on a year of cleaning the millions of years off the fossilised bone, the delicacy increasing the closer he gets to the beast. Paleontologist Dr Judyth Sassoon comes to visit and determines that it is likely to be a new species of pliosaur to add to the eight already known. Attenborough’s face lights up. “This is truly exciting.” The years fall away and you can still see the schoolboy beneath. Not fossilised. Still there."
The Trials of Life
A Natural History of Animal Behaviour
In Life on Earth, Sir David showed how each group of animals evolved. In Living Planet he looked at the way they have adapted to the whole range of habitats in which they live. Now, in Trials of Life, he completes the story by revealing how animals behave – and why.
The third and final updated edition of David Attenborough's classic Life trilogy. Life on Earth covered evolution, Living Planet , ecology, and now The Trials of Life tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave.
Sir David #Attenborough, who inspired so many kids to study Earth sciences, has turned 97 today!
I flew on the same aircraft (Hercules) with him to #McMurdo station in Jan 2010 where they filmed Frozen Planet and I tried to figure out how to do field work in marine biology.
His visit to the station was the talk of the continent! He gave a brilliant lecture. But the funniest memory was that the BBC team asked us to remove warning signs around our ice holes to get a pristine view of Antarctica.