Saturday, 20 April 2013

David Attenborough makes his Twitter debut - Telegraph.co.uk

(although this tweet was deleted later)

And for Attenborough:

Sadly, Beckham didn't answer his bird-related Tweet.

But both #askattenborough and #askbeckham were trending all afternoon, with Attenborough answering questions such as

And:

Attenborough gave some interesting insights into his career, naming conservationist Sir Peter Scott as a big influence, revealing that he would invite Charles Darwin to a dinner party if he could and saying that the best thing he's ever eaten on an expedition was chocolate. Which he loves.

Only a fraction of the thousands of questions tweeted by users were answered. Here are some examples of the questions Sir Attenborough avoided, for good reason:

When asked when he was planning to retire, Attenborough responded:

So expect more of Attenborough on a Twitter feed near you.

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