David Attenborough – Wonderful World

This is an amazing video courtesy of an amazing BBC series, brought to us by an amazing human being indeed. There are many covers of Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World, but these words never sounded more true coming from Sir David Attenborough himself, the world’s most prolific natural history film-maker ever known:

http://vimeo.com/58969511

To honor the 85-year-old national treasure who just concluded narrating his final series on the BBC; David Attenborough’s spoken-word recording of Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World.”

I love watching the mating rituals of birds, especially the diverse birds of paradise from home, Papua New Guinea:

So special, the bird of paradise even represents our country on our national flag. But my most recent Attenborough adventure further acquainted me with one of my favorite creatures on the planet — The Komodo Dragon:

Thanks David Attenborough.

~ by Fionnlagh on December 23, 2011.

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