Quotes About Wildlife

Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga - stylized because even the most acute of them have little leeway as they play out their parts.

Of course, there's nothing wrong with deer burgers and venison chili, but with a little gusto, those stalwarts can go from satisfying to sublime.

In nature, fruit is available mainly in the fall. Wild animals such as bears eat fruit in the fall in order to build up their fat.

Not at all," Steve assured him. "I mean, they probably don't enjoy it, but they don't get hurt. Then I can count how many and what species they are, and tag them and let them go. I promise, I'm trying to save bats, not scar them for life." He took down one of the other pillowcases. "Would you like to see some of them?

The peasants of the Asturias believe that in every litter of wolves there is one pup that is killed by the mother for fear that on growing up it would devour the other little ones.

History indicates that wolf control is sometimes poor biology, often poor economics, and almost always poor public relations.

The lions taught me photography. They taught me patience and the sense of beauty, a beauty that penetrates you.

I think our forests should be preserved as much as humanly possible for recreation and just for enjoyment of the natural beauty of Pennsylvania.

If there be no place for wild bison in all of Montana, then surely we have crossed a line between the Last Best Place and the the Once Best Place.

Owls are known as lonely birds; but it is not known that they have the forest as their best friend!

At the beginning of the twelfth century, the rabbit was introduced to England.

And stay away from bushes. Why? Dude, this is South Africa home of the cobras. And I don't mean the hot ones like Ian.

We have reports of a small stink bomb near the Euphrates that nuked all wildlife within a hundred-yard radius.

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Butter tea and wind pictures, the Crystal Mountain, and blue sheep dancing on the snow - it's quite enough! Have you seen the snow leopard? No! Isn't that wonderful?" ? Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard

Beyond the wild animals that posed a regular safety concern anywhere in Kenya, it was believed that the high elevation of Kijabe would leave the missionaries susceptible to "Kenya nerves" –a mythical neurological disorder that led to acute anxiety and other psychologically linked ailments. p21

dolphins are not the benevolent mammals we'd like them to be; those beaming faces hide the minds of assassins.

I've never found a live, wild animal. It must be a fantastic experience to look down and see something living scuttling along. Maybe it'll happen someday to me like it did him.

Sunlight shining on the fur of a golden monkey…

The temperature had disturbed the insects, and a cloud of midges made every outline hazy.

The island was said to be "completely covered with pigeons." Thousands of them fattened on the raspberries, and the settlers fed on the pigeons.16

The only birdcall I know is the Road Runner's BEEP BEEP.)

Half the people I know have dead animals in their freezers: reptiles, birds, mammals. Is that normal?

It made no sense naturewise—owls and songbirds work different shifts, and even if they didn't they would still never be friends.