Quotes About Wildlife

Other species help children develop empathy.

The snow leopard is absolutely magnificent. It represents really what endangered species are all about.

The more you know about a species, the more you understand about how better to help protect them.

Species conversation is beyond a doubt an issue that truly matters to the American public.

We do a lot of bird-watching up in the country, but we almost never have a chance to people-watch. There simply aren't enough human beings up here: there is nowhere you can park yourself with a cup of coffee and observe the species on parade.

What we should be doing is saving habitats, not single species, no matter what their cuteness factor.

When we settled our country, the dark forest was considered in some ways evil and something that you needed to plow or, later, bulldoze. We now have a new understanding of the interconnectedness of ecosystems and the need for bird flyways and why all species matter.

Every species has its pub.

I own two species of the raptors - Falco peregrinus and Falco biarmicus.

For most people, carp isn't just garbage fish - it's an invasive species.

The reality of our world today is not every species can be left in the wild.

There are some species, one was the Goliath Tigerfish, that took me six years to track down and catch.

I have always been interested in the whole spectrum of the outdoors.

Since 1972, I've been going around making speeches on the Everglades.

Like many New Mexicans, I enjoy spending time outdoors and understand how important New Mexico's natural beauty and resources are.

In 'Over the Hedge,' I played a bear, and I spent all this time listening to the sounds they make when they fight and mate, when they're angry or happy.

Be able to recognize the dangerous snakes, spiders, insects, and plants that live in your area of the country.

What I'm attempting to do is to show people that if I can spend some time with very dangerous spiders and snakes and scorpions, then maybe they'll feel different about the spiders and snakes they find around their areas. I don't need people to keep them as pets. I just like them to be respectful and see that everything in nature has its place.

I think most schoolboys are most excited by scorpions, spiders and snakes, and I never really grew up. I've always had the same fascinations. I think that we as human beings are the most fascinated by those creatures that we consider dangerous.

People who say, 'There's nothing to fear from spiders' have clearly never been to Australia.

My field is with apex predators, hence your crocodiles, your snakes, your spiders.

A herd of prairie-wolves will enter a field of melons and quarrel about the division of the spoils as fiercely and noisily as so many politicians.

We must force the government to stop the bird migration. We must shoot all birds, field all our men and troops... and force migratory birds to stay where they are.

Many people continue to think of sharks as man-eating beasts. Sharks are enormously powerful and wild creatures, but youre more likely to be killed by your kitchen toaster than a shark!