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... people are celebrating by watching his programmes, creating images of him in the sand, recording video messages for him, reading his books and more. We basically all grew up with his voice explaining the wonders of the natural world to us.




What is your favorite documentary of his? Have you read any of his books?

I have almost all his documentaries on DVD or BluRay and I never tire of watching them. But I also have many of his books:

Life Stories => https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Life Stories 2 => https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Life On Air => https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Adventures of a Young Naturalist => https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazing Rare Things => https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Drawn from Paradise: The Discovery, Art and Natural History of the Birds of Paradise => https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Life on Earth => https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future => https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Living Planet: A new, fully updated edition of David Attenborough’s seminal portrait of life on Earth => https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Trials of Life: A Natural History of Animal Behavior => https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Life of Birds => https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Ocean: Earth's Last Wilderness => https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Blue Planet II => https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Green Planet => https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

And the ones I haven't read yet:
Frozen Planet => https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Planet Earth III => https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Yep, you COULD call me a fangirl. *lol* There is just something about his child-like wonder and enthusiasm for everything but rats (if you know, you know *lol*), and his voice is so utterly soothing!

Since many don't know: he's not just the one making the most and most successful documentaries - he INVENTED them. He started with a few caged animals in a studio but soon was fed up with that and suggested traveling to the animals in their natural habitats instead.



Fun fact: the man has also won awards for productions in every kind of television in existence since he was born (b/w, colour, 3D, 4k etc.).

Fun fact II: He is the reason modern tennis balls are neon yellow. Before, they were white, but when colour TV became a thing, the balls could barely be seen and HE suggested a stark color like neon yellow.

Fun fact III: For the few people reaching 100 years of age and more, LEGO makes special boxes where the age recommendation is changed. Sir Attenborough seems have received one as well.