大象传媒

This programme is part of a 大象传媒 Four Collection showcasing the early work of Sir David Attenborough.

In the 2012 大象传媒 series , Sir David Attenborough returns to Selingan Island, now the site of a turtle conservation park. Recalling the moment he ate turtle eggs when he was first on the island in 1956, he explains: 鈥淟ooking back it all seems rather shocking, and I hadn鈥檛 got a clue how to cook them. We had cheerfully added as much salt as if we were dealing with chicken's eggs.聽 The result, though no doubt very nourishing, wasn鈥檛, I鈥檓 afraid, particularly delicious. Turtle eggs may not have been to my taste but the local people loved them, and they were an important source not only of nutriment but income.聽 The trouble was that the human population was growing so fast that the turtle eggs were being collected in huge numbers and turtles worldwide were in decline. In the decades that followed the Malaysian government stepped in to save their turtles. Harvesting the eggs was banned and a hatchery established on Selingan Island which people visit to see what鈥檚 going on.鈥�