...recently got a ship. Now he's also got...a cat.
Scientists have named a newly discovered extinct species of marsupial lion Microleo attenboroughi after the British naturalist and broadcaster (who in addition to being absolutely fantastic at explaining biology to non-scientists also commissioned a certain comedy show when he was in charge at BBC2 - yes, we can thank Attenborough for the Flying Circus).
Microleo? Yup. The kitty - an example of parallel evolution - was about the size of a ringtail possum. It probably thought it was very fierce indeed...
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2016/08/23/Extinct-mini-marsupial-lion-named-for-Sir-David-Attenborough/9251471962389/
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