Before The Bbc, I Joined The Navy

Sentimentalising Is Anathema, As Far As I Am Concerned. It Leads You Into Ethical Problems About Violence And Killing And Eating Meat. The Whole World Becomes Topsy-survy If You Impose Moralities That Were Evolved Within Human Society On What A Blowfly Or What A Parasite Does... There Are Lots Of Emotions You Can Deduce From An Animal's Behaviour That Are Correct, But When You Start Saying It's Feeling Guilty Or Thinking Or A Loved One Or Mourning, You Must Be Very Careful Of Those Feelings.

Many Individuals Are Doing What They Can. But Real Success Can Only Come If There Is A Change In Our Societies And In Our Economics And In Our Politics.

Cameramen Are Among The Most Extraordinarily Able And Competent People I Know. They Have To Have An Insight Into Natural History That Gives Them A Sixth Sense Of What The Creature Is Going To Do, So They Can Be Ready To Follow.

I Don't Approve Of Sunbathing, And It's Bad For You.

Apart From Anything Else, I Am Designed By Evolution, Like We All Are: If We See A Little Thing Like That, Big Eyes, Tiny Nose, We Go 'aaah'. That's What Evolution Does. We Are Programmed To Do That. So To Find Babies The Most Amazing, Isn't Surprising, I Don't Think.