To think David Attenborough

We did too and he was lovely with our young sons.

Such an inspiration and yes that includes his age he’s 3 years away from 100 ffs. He is still as passionate about the natural world, he is still using his incredible influence to try and make a difference. He’s bloody brilliant. OP ignore the idiots

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@Mummyclairey1984 You need to start a new thread for this.

Ha ha you are the voice in my head of things I daren’t say out loud.

@Ladybyrd I remember my grandad in his early 90's coming to my house for a visit and refusing to sit down as the chairs were too low. He was too proud/stubborn to allow or ask for help to get back up. Certainly wouldn't have been crawling about though. That's exceptional whatever mumsnet say about his age being irrelevant

@liveforsummer I just thought give that poor guy a chair, but in reality, I don't think he'd let them. He was still crawling around in the undergrowth too.

I certainly imagine he is. I've 44 and have aches and pains. If I make it to 97 I don't imagine I'll be standing at all!

Crikey some of these messages! The Mumsnet naysayers are out in force. Ignore them. YANBU OP. He's always been fab - and still working at 97 to educate the masses is in my book frankly inspirational, good genes or not.

I love him would love to meet him only celeb I would fan girl over

He looks like he's struggling to me. Voice wise, faculty wise, he seems fine, but in the last programme I saw he seemed to be doing quite a bit of standing around and he seemed to be in pain.

Hello! Thinking of getting a rocking chair for when our next baby arrives. Has anyone had any experience of either the Tutti Bambini Noah rocking chair or the Obaby round back rocking chair? I can’t find either of them in any shops to try out!

When your ‘conservation’ work means wearing Canada Goose coats, when they were still a company inflicting terrible cruelty to animals, I don’t find that inspiring.

A voice that is world famous. You cannot think of a nature documentary without thinking of a whispering narrator, a concept that is his. He created a sound so synonymous with nature his impact on popular culture is immense.

Thinking about other classic looks or sounds in pop culture (one that springs to mind is the evil mastermind stroking his cat, a look initated by Blofeld in James Bond), well like Bond Attenborough has left a huge mark with a sound that will be imitated long after he's gone.

Anyone remember Zoo Quest when DA and a team travelled the world to capture wild animals to bring them back to the UK to put in zoos?

I absolutely love the angle you’ve taken on this. Here’s a warning kids - if you don’t start paying in your pension you’ll be scrabbling around in the undergrowth when you’re 100, just like poor skint Dave

I agree. I suspect he represents grandfatherly comfort to a generation. I don’t think Millennials feel the same way about him.

But yes, I dislike pomp and performative grief and will likely tune out, but I wish him a long life and many more years.

Of course his great age 97 is entirely relevant. Most of us won’t life that long and definitely won’t be working that long.

He’s amazing and has become a bit of a conscience for the nation on ecological themes. I really worry who they will replace him with once he can’t continue to work. Attenborough has been a fantastic example in tv of his work driving up broadcaster standards and viewers’ expectations.

But of course his age comes into it! How many 97-year-olds are making TV programs about the environment? He's not amazing for his age, but he is amazing and he is very old.

I was thinking exactly the same thing when I saw him on TV this evening.
Given his age and his passion for what he does, I'm not sure how he remains so committed to saving this planet when the majority couldn't care less.
He could have retired years ago but no he's kept going, still as passionate and amazed by this amazing planet called Earth.
Yep he's bloody amazing. Yanbu.

He had a very interesting career and he has had the privilege of a long life and good healthcare, but honestly I’ve never really got the obsession with him. I think the day he dies it’s going to be worse then when the Queen went. I predict full scale wailing in the streets lady Di style.

I met DA once, he is as lovely as you would expect.

they speculated on the possibility of sitting in a tree

Ooh-er, David’s a bit of a go-er.

My daughter has been inspired by him. She read his Life on Earth book when she was 11 and went into a career in conservation. At one time she was working in The David Attenborough Building in Cambridge where quite a few conservation organisations have offices all in the same building. She was there when he officially opened it and when he came back and gave quite a few talks. He is an inspiration across the world.

You misunderstand my meaning.
He is still inspiring people with his continued work, programmes etc. on wildlife as he has done for decades. And that's something worth celebrating.