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BBC News
2 days ago
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Sir David Attenborough writes back to Pembrokeshire five-year-old
A five-year-old boy's dream came true when he received a letter from his hero, Sir David Evans-Browning from Neyland, Pembrokeshire, drew 99 animals to mark the renowned British biologist's 99th endeavours reached "far and wide" and even caught the attention of Sir David receiving a reply, Max's mum Samantha said he was "doing little flips" on the bed in excitement. "It's literally been a month and I was starting to think we weren't going to get anything," she when Samantha arrived home on Thursday she found a letter which was addressed to Max."When I picked him up, I acted really casual," she she gave him the letter, she said his eyes immediately went to Sir David's printed name at the bottom."He can read really well, and he saw the name."He was doing little flips on the bed and shouting that his card had been in David Attenborough's hands. It was the reaction that I wanted."Trying to get him to sleep then was an absolute nightmare."Samantha said they would be framing the letter - in which Sir David wrote he "greatly enjoyed" seeing Max's drawings - and hanging it "pride of place" in Max's animal-themed bedroom."It was so nice that he had hand-written the whole thing. It made that bit more special." She said the reaction from the media and public since she shared Max's drawings had been overwhelming."People have been so nice, we've seen all the comments and I'm making Max a photo book of them."When he watches David Attenborough, of course it's all around the world [so] he couldn't get over how many people from different countries could see [his drawings]."We're usually quite a private family, but I knew there could be somebody who knew where I could send it, and it just went a little bit mad. He's gone a little bit famous."He couldn't believe it."Samantha added Max can sometimes lack confidence in his drawing, but the experience had been really good for improving that and had reaffirmed his desire to be "the next David Attenborough"."Obviously we are proud of him, but it's just been nice for him to realise all those people who don't know him have made the effort as well."It's boosted him even more."
Yahoo
10-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Boy draws 99 animals for David Attenborough's 99th birthday
A five-year-old boy has drawn 99 animals to mark Sir David Attenborough's 99th birthday. Max Evans-Browning has been a fan of Attenborough from the moment he could talk, said mum Samantha, and wanted to do something special to mark the birthday of the renowned British biologist. Spanning across eight A3 sheets of paper, the project took Max four days to complete, as he spent every evening after school drawing Attenborough's favourite animals. Samantha has now put out a plea on social media for his animals to be shared "far and wide" in the hopes of the reaching the man himself. Attenborough at 99 delivers 'greatest message he's ever told' Sir David Attenborough: 'The world would be worse off without our stories' In the post on Facebook, Samantha, from Pembrokeshire, said she would love to see the card reach Sir David as it's "her little boy's dream". The post gained hundreds of shares in under 24 hours, with people leaving comments of praise. "Max is fascinated people in Australia could see the post," Samantha said. "We spent hours researching [Sir David's] favourite animals. He really wanted to get it right." Sir David entered his hundredth year on 6 May, and has dedicated his life to documenting the natural world. "[Max] watches animals, reads about animals, his bedroom is animals," Samantha said. "And he knows the most rare animals. He will say 'I know that it's a pangolin' and I'm like, what, I don't even know what that is." Samantha said Max had watched all of Sir David's documentaries and he had more animal encyclopaedia's than she can keep track of. Max takes any occasion to dress like him, Samantha said, and aged just three he decided to be Sir David for World Book Day. Speaking of the animal documentaries, she said: "He listens to everything and takes it all in. "He goes litter picking, he loves the ocean, but all the plastic makes him angry. "Some of the scenes you would think might upset him, but ever since a young age it hasn't. He would say 'well a predator goes after its prey, that's life'," she said. "It's true but it's funny coming out of a little person." But despite all of the attention, all Max is hoping for now is that Sir David will get his birthday card. "Thank you in advance and Mr Attenborough, if you ever see this... Happy Birthday from Max Evans-Browning, age 5 from Pembrokeshire." Postcard finally arrives 121 years after it was sent Attenborough named 'Champion of the Earth' by UN Boy who defied odds gets 1,500 birthday cards
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Boy draws 99 animals for David Attenborough's 99th birthday
A five-year-old boy has drawn 99 animals to mark Sir David Attenborough's 99th birthday. Max Evans-Browning has been a fan of Attenborough from the moment he could talk, said mum Samantha, and wanted to do something special to mark the birthday of the renowned British biologist. Spanning across eight A3 sheets of paper, the project took Max four days to complete, as he spent every evening after school drawing Attenborough's favourite animals. Samantha has now put out a plea on social media for his animals to be shared "far and wide" in the hopes of the reaching the man himself. Attenborough at 99 delivers 'greatest message he's ever told' Sir David Attenborough: 'The world would be worse off without our stories' In the post on Facebook, Samantha, from Pembrokeshire, said she would love to see the card reach Sir David as it's "her little boy's dream". The post gained hundreds of shares in under 24 hours, with people leaving comments of praise. "Max is fascinated people in Australia could see the post," Samantha said. "We spent hours researching [Sir David's] favourite animals. He really wanted to get it right." Sir David entered his hundredth year on 6 May, and has dedicated his life to documenting the natural world. "[Max] watches animals, reads about animals, his bedroom is animals," Samantha said. "And he knows the most rare animals. He will say 'I know that it's a pangolin' and I'm like, what, I don't even know what that is." Samantha said Max had watched all of Sir David's documentaries and he had more animal encyclopaedia's than she can keep track of. Max takes any occasion to dress like him, Samantha said, and aged just three he decided to be Sir David for World Book Day. Speaking of the animal documentaries, she said: "He listens to everything and takes it all in. "He goes litter picking, he loves the ocean, but all the plastic makes him angry. "Some of the scenes you would think might upset him, but ever since a young age it hasn't. He would say 'well a predator goes after its prey, that's life'," she said. "It's true but it's funny coming out of a little person." But despite all of the attention, all Max is hoping for now is that Sir David will get his birthday card. "Thank you in advance and Mr Attenborough, if you ever see this... Happy Birthday from Max Evans-Browning, age 5 from Pembrokeshire." Postcard finally arrives 121 years after it was sent Attenborough named 'Champion of the Earth' by UN Boy who defied odds gets 1,500 birthday cards
BBC News
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Sir David Attenborough: Boy draws 99 animals for biologist's birthday
A five-year-old boy has drawn 99 animals to mark Sir David Attenborough's 99th birthday. Max Evans-Browning has been a fan of Attenborough from the moment he could talk, said mum Samantha, and wanted to do something special to mark the birthday of the renowned British across eight A3 sheets of paper, the project took Max four days to complete, as he spent every evening after school drawing Attenborough's favourite animals. Samantha has now put out a plea on social media for his animals to be shared "far and wide" in the hopes of the reaching the man himself. In the post on Facebook, Samantha, from Pembrokeshire, said she would love to see the card reach Sir David as it's "her little boy's dream".The post gained hundreds of shares in under 24 hours, with people leaving comments of praise."Max is fascinated people in Australia could see the post," Samantha said."We spent hours researching [Sir David's] favourite animals. He really wanted to get it right."Sir David entered his hundredth year on 6 May, and has dedicated his life to documenting the natural world. "[Max] watches animals, reads about animals, his bedroom is animals," Samantha said. "And he knows the most rare animals. He will say 'I know that it's a pangolin' and I'm like, what, I don't even know what that is."Samantha said Max had watched all of Sir David's documentaries and he had more animal encyclopaedia's than she can keep track of. Max takes any occasion to dress like him, Samantha said, and aged just three he decided to be Sir David for World Book Day. Speaking of the animal documentaries, she said: "He listens to everything and takes it all in. "He goes litter picking, he loves the ocean, but all the plastic makes him angry."Some of the scenes you would think might upset him, but ever since a young age it hasn't. He would say 'well a predator goes after its prey, that's life'," she said. "It's true but it's funny coming out of a little person." But despite all of the attention, all Max is hoping for now is that Sir David will get his birthday card. "Thank you in advance and Mr Attenborough, if you ever see this... Happy Birthday from Max Evans-Browning, age 5 from Pembrokeshire."
