Quotes About Wildlife

He's been bitten," he told Alderheart, adding with a sniff, "by a squirrel.

Well, where I come from, there are lots of bears like me.

He'd die of hunger in a week, if a fox or a gang of crows didn't kill him first.

It doesn't even look as if it'll be that hard," Oatpaw added as he peered out at the stoats. "They're kind of . . . cute!

Right, let's see if we've frightened off all the prey in the forest

two young ginger-and-white she-cats sharing a thrush a tail-length away. "They're Flurry and Sparrow. Hawk's their mother.

she flicked an ear lazily to dislodge a small insect that had mistaken her for a blade of grass.

So into the woods we went—it was surprisingly noisy. Especially one loud bird whose chirping sounded far too cheerful for the middle of the night.

CURIOUS: "Why do birds fly South for the winter?" SCIENCE: "Instinct." It means, "We don't know.

Aggression in bears can be and often is a stepping stone to friendship. Friendship and alliances frequently develop by repeated interactions, with initial aggression that lessens over time.

The eggers destroy all the eggs that are sat upon, to force the birds to lay fresh eggs, and by robbing them regularly compel them to lay until nature is exhausted, and so but few young ones are raised.

I like to catch fish and release them. I probably haven't killed a fish that I've caught in sport fishing for 20 years. No reason to kill it. You know, just take it and release it.

When I go on holiday, I go to places that have animals I'm interested in.

In each of my homes, I have a leopard room. I don't know why, but I do. It's like my lounge next to the dressing rooms.

Most birds are very stiff-necked, like the robin, and as they run or hop upon the ground, carry the head as if it were riveted to the body. Not so the oven-bird, or the other birds that walk, as the cow-bunting, or the quail, or the crow. They move the head forward with the movement of the feet.

I love dogs, horses and generally all animals.

All the beasts in Howling Forest were safe in their caves, nests, and burrows.

I went on safari and there were all these lion cubs rolling around like cats and they were so cute and I just wanted to hug them! But you can't coz you'll get eaten... It was really hard!

Most of what you see now emphasizes animals being dangerous to humans.

We had a black bear on the 'Hunger Games' set, and that was a little scary.

Though I loved the lions, and thrilled when I heard their roars in the night

Deer were damn good swimmers, though not many people knew it.

Like many toilets in Goa, it was nothing more than a smooth, steep slope behind the squatting keyhole. Waste matter rolled down the slope to a narrow lane. Wild, hairy, black Goan pigs roamed the lanes, eating the waste.

There are so many issues in our oceans - like the near extinction of blue fin tuna - that should be taken more seriously worldwide.