 David Attenborough's Life Stories

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David Attenborough's Life Stories

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Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural histories of creatures and plants

Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural histories of creatures and plants from around the world

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David Attenborough's Life Stories: Series 1: The Dodo

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Slaughtered into oblivion, the naturalist asks what lessons can be learned from the dodo.

Slaughtered into oblivion, the naturalist asks what we can learn from the case of the most famous of extinct species. From 2009.

The dodo is the caricature of extinction. 

This turkey-sized flightless pigeon lived on a remote island and was slaughtered by seafarers for its meat. The same fate has met other flightless species. 

Can we learn this lesson from history?

Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural histories of creatures and plants from around the world. 

Producer: Julian Hector

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.

David Attenborough's Life Stories: Series 1

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