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Extinction: The Facts

"What were you thinking?!" I want to tell our youth we have taken the lessons, that we...

"What were you thinking?!" I want to tell our youth we have taken the lessons, that we will not allow any other species to walk this tragic road
of extinction

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"What were you thinking?!"
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I want to tell our youth
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we have taken the lessons,
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that we will not allow
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any other species
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to walk this tragic road of extinction.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:22
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
BBC Studios

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Movie Summary

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.
One thing we do know is that if nature is given the chance, - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
One thing we do know is that if nature is given the chance,
40 years ago, I had one of the most - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
40 years ago, I had one of the most
I was in the Virunga Mountains, - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
I was in the Virunga Mountains,
And there I met some of the few remaining mountain gorillas, - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
And there I met some of the few remaining mountain gorillas,
As I sit here, there's more meaning - Extinction: The Facts 00:14
As I sit here, there's more meaning
As I was preparing to talk to camera, - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
As I was preparing to talk to camera,
It was an experience that has stayed with me, - Extinction: The Facts 00:11
It was an experience that has stayed with me,
In the 1970s, this population of mountain gorillas was estimated - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
In the 1970s, this population of mountain gorillas was estim...
Their habitat was under very rapid conversion from forest - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
Their habitat was under very rapid conversion from forest
This part of Rwanda was one of the poorest and most densely - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
This part of Rwanda was one of the poorest and most densely
And the expansion of agriculture was the only way - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
And the expansion of agriculture was the only way
There were tensions between the park and communities. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
There were tensions between the park and communities.
We had many poachers coming, - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
We had many poachers coming,
Coexistence of humans and mountain gorillas - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
Coexistence of humans and mountain gorillas
But over the next few decades, - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
But over the next few decades,
Government in all three countries, - Extinction: The Facts 00:15
Government in all three countries,
We have over 200 rangers, and their jobs - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
We have over 200 rangers, and their jobs
And since 2005, the government set - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
And since 2005, the government set
A portion of the price that a - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
A portion of the price that a
The result is that the conversion of habitat - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
The result is that the conversion of habitat