David Attenborough doccie gives a dark warning about 'Our Planet'

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Netflix's new nature documentary series reminds us again that people have caused almost irreparable damage to the earth

Compass jellyfish, such as these ones featured in an episode of 'Our Planet', can form great swarms.David Attenborough is 92 years old and for much of his life the famed naturalist has been a guide for generations to the wonders of nature - travelling the far-flung corners of the globe in search of creatures and habitats that have reminded us in his breathy tones of wonderment that there's so much more to the planet than humans.

Netflix has no such qualms and has allowed Attenborough and his team to go into full alert mode and what stands out about- the eight-episode series that premiered on the streaming service last week - is that each of its seemingly breathtaking appreciations of the resilience and awesomeness of the natural world is undercut by Attenborough's reminder that we as humans - whether through overfishing, deforestation or simple ignorance - have caused almost irreparable damage to the ecosystems and...

That's a point that's heartbreakingly reinforced by the series' already viral takeaway scene of a herd of walrus off the Russian coast, forced to accommodate themselves on a shrinking piece of land, leading many to seek refuge higher up on the cliffs only to tumble terrifyingly and helplessly down the slopes to their deaths.

In the vision of the state of the planet that Attenborough presents - shot by a crew of 600 over five years and in over 50 countries - the breathless wonder that we've come to expect is undercut by astounding figures and hard-hitting realisations that prove that the effects of climate change and our indifference to them are real and have had terrible consequences for the planet as a whole.

 

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