{"id":857,"date":"2025-04-07T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T08:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/natgeokids.com?p=857"},"modified":"2025-05-07T12:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T12:01:36","slug":"david-attenborough-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/discover\/science\/nature\/david-attenborough-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"15 fascinating facts about Sir David Attenborough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3652 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-1.jpg\" alt=\"david attenborough facts\" width=\"541\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-1.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-1-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">On 8 May 2025, Britain\u2019s favourite naturalist, Sir David Attenborough, turned 99!\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>David Attenborough facts<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3653 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-2.jpg\" alt=\"david attenborough facts\" width=\"542\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-2.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-2-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Sir David pictured with a young Prince Charles and Princess Anne.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>1. Sir David Attenborough was born on 8 May, 1926, in Isleworth, West London<\/h3>\n<p>The same year as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/discover\/history\/monarchy\/facts-about-the-queen-elizabeth-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Queen Elizabeth II<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h3>2. He was raised on the campus of University College, Leicester<\/h3>\n<p>Now the University of Leicester, where his dad was principal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3654 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-3.jpg\" alt=\"david attenborough facts\" width=\"379\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-3.jpg 590w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-3-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">3. Sir David doesn\u2019t count himself as an animal \u2018lover\u2019 <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">But instead says he has always been fascinated by them.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"s1\">4. He&#8217;s thrifty!\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>At 11 years old he struck a deal selling newts to University College, Leicester for 3d (3 pence) each.\u00a0The newts only came from a pond 5m away from the university&#8217;s zoology department!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3655 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-4.jpg\" alt=\"david attenborough facts\" width=\"535\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-4.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-4-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">5. He is the only person to have won BAFTAs for programmes in black and white, colour, HD, and 3D.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">6. He doesn\u2019t own a car as he never passed his driving test<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He\u2019s also not keen on sending emails, and prefers receiving letters by fax or post.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">7. During <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/discover\/history\/general-history\/world-war-two\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World War II<\/a>\u00a0his parents adopted two Jewish refugee girls from Europe.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3656 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-5.jpg\" alt=\"david attenborough facts\" width=\"536\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-5.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-5-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">8. There\u2019s only one animal Sir David doesn\u2019t like&#8230;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Rats!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">9. Sir David was rejected from the first job he ever applied for at the BBC <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">The position of radio talk producer.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">10. In 1947 he spent two years serving in the Royal Navy <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Based in North Wales and the Firth of Forth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3657 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-6.jpg\" alt=\"david attenborough facts\" width=\"542\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-6.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-6-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">11. When Sir David got his first job in television, he didn\u2019t even <em>own<\/em> a TV<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Like most British people at the time!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">12. His first programme, called <em>Coelacanth<\/em>, looked at the rediscovery of the coelacanth <\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8211; a prehistoric fish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3658 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-7.jpg\" alt=\"david attenborough facts\" width=\"440\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-7.jpg 590w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-7-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">13. Sir David has more than ten plants and animals named after him <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Such as the <em>Nepenthes attenboroughii &#8211; <\/em>a giant carnivorous plant that devours animals as large as rats &#8211; and the UK\u2019s new polar research vessel, RRS Sir David Attenborough.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">14. In 1985 he received a knighthood<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Granting him the title of Sir David Attenborough.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3659 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-8.jpg\" alt=\"david attenborough facts\" width=\"395\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-8.jpg 590w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Attenborough-facts-8-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">15. He\u2019s thought to be one of the most well-travelled people on the planet<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">For <em>The Life of Birds <\/em>documentary, he travelled a whopping 256,000 miles &#8211; that&#8217;s the same as travelling around the world ten times!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you think of our David Attenborough facts? Let us know by leaving a comment, below!<\/h2>\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Images \u24d2 Getty Images:<\/strong> David Attenborough and two young children (2192547) , holding frog (2588653) , holding flying insect (74046800) , with the Queen (53049821)  standing surrounded by objects (108874291) , portrait (526492398) , looking into the distance (526513484) , holding camera (502260275). <\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 8 May 2025, Britain\u2019s favourite naturalist, Sir David Attenborough, turned 99!\u00a0 David Attenborough facts Sir David pictured with a young Prince Charles and Princess Anne. 1. Sir David Attenborough was born on 8 May, 1926, in Isleworth, West London The same year as Queen Elizabeth II! 2. 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