Nature presenter and national treasure, David Attenborough, has shared that he had to wait half a century to film a rare monkey that features in his new series.
Sir Dave is to return on TV with a new program called ‘Seven Worlds, One Planet.’ He explained how it has taken him 50 years to finally film the rare golden snub-nose monkey in China.
He has been in the nature game for almost seven decades and his voice and face are almost synonymous with cute animals and landscape drone shots by now.
But when he heard about the rare monkey 50 years ago, he could not get into China to film the magnificent creatures.
“It is a wonderful creature. I’ve never seen a film of it before,” he said.
“I always had it in the back of my mind and this lot (his crew) got it. The footage shows the monkeys have snubbed noses to stop them getting frostbitten.”
For the new series, his team of camera crews traveled to each of the seven continents. Over 150 people went on 81 expeditions around 41 countries and came back with over 2,000 hours of footage!
But for those who are already excited to see the show, there’s nothing to fret as only seven hours were made into the series.
“Each of these continents has a different geological issue,” Sir David added. “They have different ways on how life has arrived there and how they survive in isolation.
“Every one of our shows has one or two sequences that take my breath away and have never been seen before.
“I would like the audience to appreciate how beautiful these things are. But also how they integrate with others and how we are dependent on them.
“Each continent has its own systems. Our influence is everywhere and we’ve made a tragic, desperate mess of it so far.
“But at last nations are coming together and recognising we all live on the same planet.
“All these seven worlds are one and we are dependent on it for every bit of food we eat and every breath we take.”
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