Seven Worlds One Planet: Attenborough's new documentary
For the second episode of his new BBC series “Seven Worlds, One Planet,” David Attenborough took viewers to the world’s largest continent. Asia constitutes roughly 60 percent of the world’s population, stretching from the Arctic Circle to the equator, but parts of it still remain hugely unexplored. The overgrown forests of China’s Himalayas still remain largely untouched by humans and locals tell stories of the legend of a Bigfoot-like creature that is said to inhabit this area.
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However, Sir David put a stop to that.
He said: “The Himalayas are now the tallest mountains on the planet.
“They stand over five miles high, India is still moving north and these mountains are rising.
“Asia’s mountains stretch all the way from Afghanistan, across northern India, to here – in central China.
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The forest here, until recently, the least known in the world
“The forest here, until recently, the least known in the world and outsiders had little idea of what could be hiding in them.
“There were stories of human-like monsters, yetis, abominable snowmen who left strange footprints in the snow, but little else.”
Sir David went on to explain how his camera crew exposed the truth of this legend.
He added: “And indeed there are monkeys living in these forests and they are very strange.
“Meet the blue-faced golden snub-nosed snow monkey.
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“They are among the heftiest of monkeys.
“Big animals keep warm more easily than small ones and they survive in conditions colder than any other monkey on Earth.
“They all have snub-noses, perhaps prominent ones would just get frosty too easily."
Sir David detailed how these monkeys live a tough life, battling to survive.
He continued: “The whole group huddles together at every opportunity, and who wouldn’t?
“Even adults, if they get separated from the team can freeze to death.
“Now in the depths of winter, food is hard to find.
“The head of the family leads them to the edge of their territory in search of something to eat.
“The only food here is rapturously unnourishing – bark and moss – and there’s hardly enough to sustain one monkey, let alone a family.
“Survival depends on the group keeping together and in these mountains any food is precious.”
Sir David previously revealed why he is still making documentaries at his age.
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He said: “We are now universal, our influence is everywhere.
“We have it in our hands to save the world, and we have made a tragic, desperate mess of it so far.
“Nations are coming together and recognising we all live on the same planet and we are dependent on it for every mouthful of food we eat and every breath of air we take.
“And making programmes like this, I’ve been doing it for a long time, and I’m sure a hell of a lot of young people are saying, ‘For God’s sake, why doesn’t he move over? Give another person a chance’, but, anyway, there I am."
The second episode of Seven Worlds, One Planet was aired on BBC One on Sunday, November 3, at 6.15pm.
Viewers can now catch up with each instalment in Ultra-High-Definition (UHD) on BBC iPlayer.