Lucy Tassell
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Good morning and welcome to The Daily Oz.
It's Friday the 8th of May.
The man who made you cry over a walrus, root for a penguin, reassess your relationship with plastics and taught you the true meaning of the circle of life turns 100 today.
In today's episode, we are going to look at the life and legacy of Sir David Attenborough and what his century on Earth has meant for us all, including Australians.
But first, you are going to hear a quick message from our fabulous producer, Orla.
Yeah, it's a pretty big one.
He is, of course, a British broadcaster, natural historian, the most recognized voice in nature documentary filmmaking, and arguably one of the most recognized voices in the world, full stop.
He has spent most of the last eight decades bringing the natural world into our living rooms, into our consciousness here in Australia, in Britain.
In every single part of the globe, he's just been this really consistent and credible voice.
He's also emerged as a very prominent voice calling for urgent action on climate change as well.
Well, he spent his childhood in nature collecting fossils, collecting artefacts, dried seahorses.
He grew up near Leicester and that's in the East Midlands of England.
That is an area known for being particularly rich
In fossils, there's a lot of limestone rocks there, and that's the perfect environment for fossil preservation.
So as a little boy, he was fascinated by that aspect of nature.
He went on to go to Cambridge University.
He was awarded a scholarship there where he studied natural sciences.