click and hold to zoom click arrow button to advance click "i" buttons for information pop-ups click the pop-up to clear “It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.” ― David Attenborough Today is Sir David Attenborough's centenary. What a marvelous, wonderful, whimsical man. I first started watching his documentaries when I was three or five, and he was among the first to spark my fascination of the natural world, his voice inviting into the curious, hidden, delicate lives of enigmatic creatures worldwide, from millennia ago to present day, to what may not be here in the grand tomorrow. I was raised on his documentaries, on his respect, his curiosity, and his great urgency for what may not be here, what may not come in the following days of this magnificent world. He revealed to me, and thousands, millions of others, the charismatic bits of the earth, and commissioned us to act on protecting these marvelous organisms from the rising human population. He was likely the first to bring me into wildlife conservation and environmentalism, and my lifelong (though twelve, nearly thirteen, pales in comparison to his century) interest in all organisms. [thank you for reading this far. keep reading, but press "a" while on digital for a surprise.] David Attenborough, this amazing man who has seen a century of the world come and pass, of new life coming up and species subsiding. Who has had more than fifty organisms named after him, with millions looking up to him. Thank you for your splendid contributions to the world and our lives, and we look forward to many more years of your delightful presence. edit - ACK I LOVE THIS MAN SO MUCH GREATEST BROADCASTER OF ALL TIME OH MY GOODNESS - after watching "life on earth: attenborough's greatest adventure" and "attenborough's life journey", I am even more so utterly enthralled by just how much this man has influenced my own life and others globally. whimsical, humorous, inspirational.
art/code by moi i c a n ' t c a p t u r e t h e s u b j e c t i n t h e d r a w I n g the likeness of him I mean IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HIM I must practice more portrait and human art to get better at drawing people accurately --- weedy seadragon - he mentioned in an interview once that weedy seadragons are among his favorite animals, despite the ever changing recipient of the title - ocellated velvet gecko - the first organism named after him in the 1900s, got reclassified later but nonetheless the first - peregrine falcon - chick appeared in his 2026 documentary "wild London" - attenboroughnuculus tau - a newly classified parasitic wasp species and genus named after him in honor of his centenary, was first found in 1926 but never classified until now I believe
