Altruism has always been one of biology's deep mysteries. Why should any animal, off on its own, specified and labeled by all… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
“To me, animals have all the traits indicative of soul. For soul is not something we can see or measure...No one can… — Gary Kowalski Copy Share Image
“Ham, the conquistador of outer space, was captured in Africa. He became the first chimpanzee to travel far beyond the world, the… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
Every animal would rather die themselves than lose their offspring. But it's just genes, isn't it? All of our existence is spent… — Robert Smith Copy Share Image
A novel is like an animal you have to hunt down and kill. If you let it sit for two days, it's… — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
Dogs and other animals we bring into our homes serve as one of our most important links to Mother Nature. We may… — Cesar Millan Copy Share Image
“Our pets will never be with us for long enough, at least physically, but when they have been blessed with opportunity and… — Nick Trout Copy Share Image
When a lion stalks a herd, he sneaks in close, lies down, and surveys them to choose his victim. He takes his… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
There are so many animals in shelters that need homes. Rather than going to a breeder and buying a dog, or a… — Gus Kenworthy Copy Share Image
Mutt enjoyed traveling by car, but he was an unquiet passenger. He suffered from the delusion, common to dogs and small boys,… — Farley Mowat Copy Share Image
The number of humble-bees in any district depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their combs and… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“Causes of individuals presuppose causes of the species, which are not univocal yet not wholly equivocal either, since they are expressing themselves… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
I know that in many things I am not like others, but I do not know what I really am like. Man… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
We really kind of pioneered a technology here at Fossil Rim where we use ultrasound on both our white rhinos and black… — Bruce Williams Copy Share Image
“I had to have company -- I was made for it, I think -- so I made friends with the animals. They… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A somewhat casual observer from outer space might well deduce that the course of evolution in this planet had produced a species… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
When a doting person gets down on all fours and plays with a puppy's rubber mouse, for instance, it only confuses the… — Corey Ford Copy Share Image
When the animal becomes human, the effect is pleasingly benign and we laugh outloud, "Okay come clean now. This isn't really about… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
I saw firsthand the devastating consequences of poaching. I saw elephants with ivory hacked from their faces and the lengths private parks… — Ben Fogle Copy Share Image
I still believe that man, not having been given the power of creation, does not posses the right of destroying the meanest… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I was a huge meat eater, but there came a turning point where I was like, actually I don't think I want… — Oliver Stark Copy Share Image
Moreover, it thus follows that not a great deal of time was needed for the large animals of the three major parts… — Georges Cuvier Copy Share Image
I have reached zero tolerance for the cruelty against our animal brothers. If we are to nuture our culture, let's begin with… — Rikki Rockett Copy Share Image
It's perfectly obvious that there is some genetic factor that distinguishes humans from other animals and that it is language-specific. The theory… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“The human animal is a beast that dies and if he's got money he buys and buys and buys and I think… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
It is not enough to hold the line against the dark. It is your responsibility to lead into the light. People don't… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
“The most dreadful part of all," the old stag answered, "is that the dogs believe what the hound just said. They believe… — Felix Salten Copy Share Image
The womb is one of the defining features of the female animal. The defining feature of abortion, meanwhile, is a denial or… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
Just think of the trust that often exists in soldiers. Within their own unit, you could say they have to trust each… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
As long as man remains an inquiring animal, there can never be a complete unanimity in our fundamental beliefs. The more diverse… — Arthur Keith Copy Share Image
If you have a culture based on hunting and fishing and all the animals are disappearing and the fish are sick, then… — Avi Lewis Copy Share Image
It's hard not to be kind of pessimistic about human beings generally, because we do tend to mess things up. If you… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Kip Keino, Moses Tanui, Paul Tergat, they all come from my tribe. Some say it is the food we eat that makes… — Martin Lel Copy Share Image
“Venetia thought of dogs as important enablers on our paths of individual enlightenment. This could manifest itself as our own personal spiritual… — Christian Howell Copy Share Image
“Human beings are the most successful of animals because of their capability to learn, and an abused animal learns very quickly to… — Brad Thor Copy Share Image
John Burroughs has stated that experimental study of animals in captivity is absolutely useless. Their character, their habits, their appetites undergo a… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“Not only was Miss Cribbe bearded, and always trying to get chummy with us like we we're her real children or something,… — Tyne O'Connell Copy Share Image
A fascinating mystery of nature is manifested in the universal fact of hunting: the inexorable hierarchy among living beings. Every animal is… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
Ethologists are often accused of drawing false analogies between animal and human behaviour. However, no such thing as a false analogy exists:… — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
This is so like the way the Americans deliberately erroneously refer to Afghans and Iraqis as terrorists when they fight back killing… — Bob Barker Copy Share Image
