Then there’s Susan Attenborough, the daughter. Surely, she must be a world-renowned primatologist, right? Wrong. Susan is a primary school teacher.
Let that sink in. The man who has sat closer to a gorilla than most people sit to their own cat raised a woman who deals with 30 seven-year-olds hopped up on fruit snacks. Teaching is arguably more dangerous than following a polar bear across the Arctic. Susan, you are the true hero here.
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She keeps a very low profile. No social media, no interviews about whether her dad brings a camera to her birthday parties. We can only assume her students occasionally ask, “Is your dad the man who talks to dinosaurs?” and she just sighs and hands out math worksheets.