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Extinction: The Facts

It's easy to imaginethat we're so far away from these diseases' originsthat it's nothing...

It's easy to imagine
that we're so far away from these diseases' origins
that it's nothing to do with us

Full Transcript

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It's easy to imagine that we're so far away
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from these diseases' origins that it's nothing to do with us.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:39
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
BBC Studios

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With a million species at risk of extinction, Sir David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all, threatening food and water security, undermining our ability to control our climate and even putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases.
Our consumption of beef drives this, - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
Our consumption of beef drives this,
My research is showing that when humans convert habitat, - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
My research is showing that when humans convert habitat,
It's not all species that are likely to make us sick. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
It's not all species that are likely to make us sick.
Often the best reservoirs for the pathogens that can jump to humans - Extinction: The Facts 00:11
Often the best reservoirs for the pathogens that can jump to...
When we have intact natural systems with high biodiversity, - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
When we have intact natural systems with high biodiversity,
But when humans destroy habitat, - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
But when humans destroy habitat,
Which means the smaller bodied species are the big winners. - Extinction: The Facts 00:04
Which means the smaller bodied species are the big winners.
They live at super high density and are the ones far more likely - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
They live at super high density and are the ones far more li...
So we've been saying for 20-plus years that this exploitation - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
So we've been saying for 20-plus years that this exploi...
But what we didn't think was it was going to happen so quickly - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
But what we didn't think was it was going to happen so ...
Since the first cases of Covid-19 were identified in China - Extinction: The Facts 00:15
Since the first cases of Covid-19 were identified in China
Those are known to reside in various kinds of animals, - Extinction: The Facts 00:11
Those are known to reside in various kinds of animals,
We found the closest relative to the virus - Extinction: The Facts 00:11
We found the closest relative to the virus
It's really well known for its biodiversity of plants and of - Extinction: The Facts 00:11
It's really well known for its biodiversity of plants a...
One part of the colony's a nursery where all the kids live - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
One part of the colony's a nursery where all the kids l...
But Yunnan has been under incredible change - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
But Yunnan has been under incredible change
High-speed rail links have gone in there, - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
High-speed rail links have gone in there,
And so we think Covid-19 maybe even started there. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
And so we think Covid-19 maybe even started there.
And either somebody got infected and travelled to Wuhan themselves - Extinction: The Facts 00:12
And either somebody got infected and travelled to Wuhan them...
We don't know exactly what happened yet, - Extinction: The Facts 00:12
We don't know exactly what happened yet,