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Blue Planet II scenes ‘sparked rethink’
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The Daily News said frozen carbon dioxide would be pumped into burrows across the city.
Pest controller Ricky Simeone says dry ice doesn’t harm birds of prey. Wills in cockpit of Typhoon jet at RAF Coningsby SIR David Attenborough believes Blue Planet II was a wake-up call to the world on the dangers of plastic.
Millions of TV viewers saw his footage of the impact of the plastic tide on marine life, and Sir David said: “The world has woken up to the dangers.
“That is the first essential step. And once everybody around the world is convinced of this impending disaster people will do something about it.”
Blue Planet II shocked BBC viewers with footage of albatross parents unwittingly feeding their chicks plastic and a sea turtle caught up in a plastic sack.
Sir David, 91, hopes that after seeing the consequences, people will stop using plastic products unnecessarily.
He said: “The job is enormous, of course, but all of the signs are that people worldwide are saying, ‘Yes, we are killing the ocean. Yes, we will do something about it’.
“We can stop using what we don’t need for a start. I mean, people use plastic without thought.
“They put letters in transparent plastic envelopes and then in a paper envelope.
“We have to cut Kate at HQ opening down our use of plastic and care how we get rid of it.” It was revealed last month that more than 70% of fish in Irish waters contain plastic.
Sir David, 91, was speaking at the launch of the Hold The World virtual reality experience, which lets viewers examine treasures in the Natural History Museum, London, with himself as a guide.
He said: “It really is one of the most convincing experiences technology has yet produced.”
It will be out on the Sky VR app this spring.
People are saying, ‘Yes, we are killing the ocean’
ON THE PLASTIC TIDE