Post by trubble on Mar 1, 2009 21:04:43 GMT
David and Jonathon Ross chat:
Ross: “Where do you stand on undiscovered animals of the sort that we're excited about but perhaps aren't there. I believe the study of it is called cryptozoology. I don't know if that's an actual science or a kind of made up thing. The Yeti, the Abominable Snowman, Sasquatch the Bigfoot thing, the Loch Ness Monster. Do you think there's those sort of things out there that we haven't found?”
Attenbourgh: “I don't think there's a Loch Ness Monster because if there was one there would have to be two or three, there'd have to be a family and Loch... if it was an icthyosaur or something or an air breathing creature or something that would be coming up all the time. I don't think that. But I am absolutely baffled by the Abominable Snowman which is also called the Yeti or Sasquatch. Because very convincing footprints have been found,. What made them? We're talking, particularly about the Abominable Snowman, to have footprints at 18, 19,000ft. Nobody goes up to 19 000 feet just to make a joke.”
Ross: “Certainly not barefoot!”
A: “Yes, certainly not barefoot.”
R :“You'd have flip flops on at least.”
A: “Yeah that's right, so I think there's something, there's an unanswered problem there.”
“Wow. So there probably is and you think there might well be. Oh that's exciting. Lets do a show.”
“Why not.”
“Let's go.”
“It's a deal”
“You know what I don't want to travel there. Let's do a show like with Andrew Loyd Webber. You could still be the Abominable Snowman. How exciting that that would be. That would be great if they found something like that. That's really what would excite us a big species like that.”
“What about the fossil fish that were the first fish to copulate?”
“Yeah, not as interesting I'll be honest.”
“It's very, very interesting.”
Attenborough’s Fabulous Animals - 1975
Attenborough doesn’t dismiss the possibility of an 'elephants’ graveyard" nor does he rule out the survival of mammoths in Siberia.
Attenborough points out that the life cycle of the eel was not understood until the 1920s; in 1933, George Spicer and his wife saw the "Loch Ness monster" cross a road and plunge into the loch – could this have been a gigantic eel travelling across land just as ordinary eels do during the "eel fair?"
Attenborough tells of his horror of vampire bats and how he had to scare one away by throwing his boot at it.
Attenborough wonders if the origins of the unicorn myth lie in a "simple" operation to transfer a horn bud to the forehead of an animal, as practised by ancient peoples unknown.
I <3 Attenborough.
Best Attenborough moment of all time. Undisputed.
Ross: “Where do you stand on undiscovered animals of the sort that we're excited about but perhaps aren't there. I believe the study of it is called cryptozoology. I don't know if that's an actual science or a kind of made up thing. The Yeti, the Abominable Snowman, Sasquatch the Bigfoot thing, the Loch Ness Monster. Do you think there's those sort of things out there that we haven't found?”
Attenbourgh: “I don't think there's a Loch Ness Monster because if there was one there would have to be two or three, there'd have to be a family and Loch... if it was an icthyosaur or something or an air breathing creature or something that would be coming up all the time. I don't think that. But I am absolutely baffled by the Abominable Snowman which is also called the Yeti or Sasquatch. Because very convincing footprints have been found,. What made them? We're talking, particularly about the Abominable Snowman, to have footprints at 18, 19,000ft. Nobody goes up to 19 000 feet just to make a joke.”
Ross: “Certainly not barefoot!”
A: “Yes, certainly not barefoot.”
R :“You'd have flip flops on at least.”
A: “Yeah that's right, so I think there's something, there's an unanswered problem there.”
“Wow. So there probably is and you think there might well be. Oh that's exciting. Lets do a show.”
“Why not.”
“Let's go.”
“It's a deal”
“You know what I don't want to travel there. Let's do a show like with Andrew Loyd Webber. You could still be the Abominable Snowman. How exciting that that would be. That would be great if they found something like that. That's really what would excite us a big species like that.”
“What about the fossil fish that were the first fish to copulate?”
“Yeah, not as interesting I'll be honest.”
“It's very, very interesting.”
Attenborough’s Fabulous Animals - 1975
Attenborough doesn’t dismiss the possibility of an 'elephants’ graveyard" nor does he rule out the survival of mammoths in Siberia.
Attenborough points out that the life cycle of the eel was not understood until the 1920s; in 1933, George Spicer and his wife saw the "Loch Ness monster" cross a road and plunge into the loch – could this have been a gigantic eel travelling across land just as ordinary eels do during the "eel fair?"
Attenborough tells of his horror of vampire bats and how he had to scare one away by throwing his boot at it.
Attenborough wonders if the origins of the unicorn myth lie in a "simple" operation to transfer a horn bud to the forehead of an animal, as practised by ancient peoples unknown.
I <3 Attenborough.
Best Attenborough moment of all time. Undisputed.