Quotes About Wildlife

There wasn't supposed to be any bear on this island; according to Google, there wasn't supposed to be any animal here larger than a raccoon. But what if Google was wrong?

Thudd pointed out the birds that flashed through the trees—screaming orange-and-green king parrots, black riflebirds that made a sound like a gunshot, and green catbirds that meowed.

The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity too great for the eye of man." —WILLIAM BLAKE, PROVERBS OF HELL

Well, don't fart or you'll scare the deer," he continued seriously. "They have very sensitive noses and ears.

About fifty yards ahead a white-tailed deer was slowly picking his way across the snow-covered rocks and roots. As soon as I saw him I knew instantly that I didn't want him to die. He was so beautiful and at ease in the woods. This was his home, not mine, and I suddenly felt like a killer who had broken into his house and was about to shoot him. I watched and held my breath.

The original title for The Lion King was King of the Jungle - until someone pointed out that Lions don't actually live in the jungle.

I had a very famous trainer tell me once, 'You can usually train a wild animal but never tame a wild animal, ever.' They are always going to be wild, no matter what anybody says.

There seems to be a tacit assumption that if grizzlies survive in Canada and Alaska, that is good enough. It is not good enough for me. Relegating grizzlies to Alaska is about like relegating happiness to heaven; one may never get there.

And I can't help thinking of the birds here—how they disappear in the wintertime, heading south for food and warmth and shelter. Heading south to stay alive . . . passing us on the way

La palabra 'migración' significaba para los de Tres Camarones la temporada en que el atún y las ballenas pasaban rumbo al norte por la costa, o cuando las guacamayas llegaban del sur. No sabían de otro significado

listening to a murder of crows palavering in a nearby tree was enough.

From beasts we scorn as soulless, In forest, field and den, The cry goes up to witness The soullessness of men.

carnivores,

I like the outdoors and the natural world. Environmental issues.

Wolves don't hunt singly, but always in pairs. The lone wolf was a myth.

Lizards flashed up the pine-trunks like living emerald necklaces.

Rene Harrop's Green Drake Biot Emerger, a

While you're at it, get that straight in your own head, too. You want peace, quiet, wildlife, scenery, wild trout, and you don't expect miracles

not for the crocs.

the keeper of the royal aviaries released some seven hundred goldfinches and other songbirds

Well, lion tamers are probably difficult to live with—I suppose there's no small amount of testosterone involved in taming lions," Vargas said, shrugging.

He who follows the feathered inhabitants of the forest and plains, however rough or tangled the paths may be, seldom fails to obtain the objects of his pursuit, provided he be possessed of due enthusiasm and perseverance.

The boa constrictor is the only living animal whose common name is exactly the same as its scientific name.

The reason everyone thinks all frogs go "ribbit" is that "ribbit" is the distinctive call of the Pacific tree frog (Hyla regilla). This is the frog that lives in Hollywood.