No. 16: the exploding ant ☀️
FRIDAY | 5.8.26
If Sir David Attenborough is reading this, two things: First, we wish you the happiest of 100th birthdays and hope it’s filled with a butterfly-shaped cake and good humans. Please accept our birthday card in the form of a magazine, aka The David Attenborough Issue. Second, inside that issue, you’ll find a rather special feature. One where a certain 6-year-old you might be familiar with by the name of Max Evans-Browning displays the 99 animals he drew for you on your last birthday. Pretty neat. Max dusted off the old markers again this year and whipped up a one-hundredth drawing of Platysaurus attenboroughi. Might just be his best work yet. From Max, and all of us here at Flow, thank you for all you’ve done for the world. Your voice, your presence, your work. It matters more than you know. Just ask Max. And now for the newsletter.
Dear David. Love, Cristina Mittermeier, Leo DiCaprio, the Jane Goodall Institute, and more.
The Making of a Nature Epic
How do you make an epic nature film that stands the test of time and inspires millions of people? Silverback Films gave us some pretty good tips.
A Bug With a Bow on Top
Nothing says “happy birthday” like a parasitic wasp being named after you.
Other Good News & Happenings
Someone to follow. @theseashellmermaid.
Attenborough’s Wonder of Eggs. Quite an eggs-ellent film.
Europe’s last wild place.
Around the world in a 1957 Land Rover.
