To London Zoo, where Mr S caught up with Sir David Attenborough at the launch of his new UKTV series Natural Curiosities.
The 88-year-old broadcaster gave party goers pause for thought when he revealed what his least favourite animal was.
‘Rats. I don’t want to put you off your meal but when I was in India, I was by and large not afflicted by tropical diseases, but I did get a bit of the you-know-what and I had to run to a loo. I sat on the loo and I did what I had to do and a rat came out from between my thighs. That is not endearing.’
Happily, Attenborough said such vermin does not inhabit his home in Richmond upon Thames.
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