David Attenborough says he is 'overwhelmed' by 100th birthday messages

How about a planet or a comet Mr. XT-356

That it’s scary and parasitic would be more exciting for me.

I usually wait till the 3rd date to bring up kids, but ok.

I mean…. [Parasitoid wasps](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitoid_wasp) are bad ass and are so great for humans, that we use many in agriculture as natural pest control. \>As [parasitoids](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitoid), they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other [arthropods](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod), sooner or later causing the death of these [hosts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_(biology)). Different species specialise in hosts from different insect orders, most often [Lepidoptera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidoptera), though some select [beetles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleoptera), [flies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diptera), or [bugs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiptera); the spider wasps ([Pompilidae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompilidae)) exclusively attack [spiders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider). \> \>Parasitoid wasps are considered beneficial to humans because they naturally control agricultural pests. Some are applied commercially in [biological pest control](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_pest_control), starting in the 1920s with [*Encarsia formosa*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encarsia_formosa) to control whitefly in [greenhouses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse). Historically, parasitoidism in wasps influenced the thinking of [Charles Darwin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin). It would be awesome to have such a useful ally to humanity named after you.

Humans are now called XT-356

You know, you DO usually get to name your children

Just have children....

You can have children...

Im somewhat surprised it's also named after David. Given his brother, Richard Attenborough also played Dr John Hammond in the Jurassic Park movies(rip Richard)

If him at 90 (I saw him on a speaking tour 10 years ago) was anything to go by, him at 100 is probably sharper than most 60 year olds.

Simply not true. Most people who make it to 100 are in decent shape to begin with.

Rare, but I wouldn’t say no one

FWIW as long as you don't experience dementia your cognitive capacity doesn't actually decline according to the latest mental aptitude tests. 

The reason some people get very old is because they _don't_ decline at a normal rate.

I’ve always said that if I had to pick anyone to be the ambassador for the human race I’d pick him. We should not take him for granted.

IDGAF if this is true or not, because I'm going to be believe it.  It's exactly the sort of nominal token gesture that costs a company nothing but will earn them my goodwill. 

"In order to read all his mails he developed a most unique and peculiar strategy"

In terms of inspiring a love for knowledge and a fascination with nature, I actually think that he might be the most influential naturalist since Pliny the Elder. No hyperbole. Darwin and a hundred other scientists will have had more impact through their ideas, but there will be thousands of contemporary scientists out there who once started thinking about science because of Attenborough's work. I don't think that many people ever lived who had a more positive impact on the world.

Morbid as that may be, I still have my doubts. Not that they'll capitalize, but that they'll put any real care into the process. After Leonard Nimoy passed, they finally released the complete _In Search Of..._ series commercially. Every episode of the show was filmed and the films absolutely still do exist. But what did they use for their sources? Ancient, circa early 80s analog tapes. Many of the episodes had rare analog tape artifacts you only see on media from way back then. They didn't give a flip.

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