Quotes About Wildlife

It's exciting to hear lions roaring deeply at 11 P. M. at night. It's mad.

The sealing industry is dying.

You don't want to be outside during blackfly season.

Well, I like the environment. I think anybody who owns land or really likes going out hunting, they care about the environment as well.

I like the whole Pacific Northwest.

Out here in California, in the Pacific Ocean, the sharks have a bad attitude.

Something out of the ordinary is that I got bit by an alligator at one of my parties.

They put a young panther into the cage. The food he liked was brought to him without hesitation. He seemed not even to miss his freedom. The joy of life streamed from his throat with such ardent passion that for the onlookers it was not easy to stand the shock of it. But they braced themselves, crowded around the cage, and did not ever want to move away.

Let's scope the place out," he suggested, heading around the side of the building, "and be careful in the bushes." "Why?" Amy asked. "This is South Africa, dude," Dan replied. "Where cobras come from. And not the hot ones, like Ian.

Wolves and those who see them are shot on sight.

Fishermen's pirogues and expedition tents at Lokobe Reserve

PREDATORS RUN FOR THEIR DINNER. PREY RUN FOR THEIR LIVES.

People are used to seeing natural history programmes that have been filmed over many years which are concentrated, focused visions of natural history.

If we choose to walk into a forest where a tiger lives, we are taking a chance. If we swim in a river where crocodiles live, we are taking a chance. If we visit the desert or climb a mountain or enter a swamp where snakes have managed to survive, we are taking a chance.

When I lived in Delhi, I used to visit the Lodhi Gardens and feed the pigeons, crows, and ducks there.

The Kalahari is brilliant - and easy to visit.

I adore water, so it would be a real adventure to visit the Amazon before they chop down all the trees.

I desperately want to visit the Galapagos and meet some giant tortoises.

One of my most laughable moments was when we visited the monkeys in Ubud - they really seemed to like me and at one point, I had three males on my head and shoulders.

The best place for puffin watching is Sumburgh Head, at the south end of the Shetland mainland. There used to be a lighthouse there, but it's now a visitor centre and gallery; they run a webcam, so you can check on the puffins in advance.

When it comes to managing crocodiles, we are learning that it is actually more important to manage people. Learning how to keep people safe from crocodiles will ultimately protect visitors to croc territory as well as the crocodilians themselves.

The giant squid has the biggest eyes of any animal on the planet. It's a visual predator.

If a candidate for office starts talking about thinning the deer population or investing in barriers to reduce the number of deer on the highways, the other side will probably just ignore him, because they're not going to know what to say about it. But there is a chance that the issue will resonate with voters in an unexpected way.

I do my very best to avoid shark fin.