The great thing about freshwater fish is most of them are incredibly ugly, a lot of them are, so no one can… — Jeremy Wade Fish Copy Share Image
Fishermen can be very superstitious and sometimes you do find yourself thinking, this fish has got a curse on it, it's just… — Jeremy Wade Curse Copy Share Image
Fish don't have hands; to investigate, they open their mouth, and sometimes it's someone's foot. — Jeremy Wade Fish Copy Share Image
Florida's nice and warm, there's all sorts of stuff living there that shouldn't be there! — Jeremy Wade Florida Copy Share Image
In an ideal world, you don't want creatures where they shouldn't be because there's always unintended consequences. — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
The 'River Monsters' episodes acted a bit like a whodunit - there was a crime scene, maybe someone had been pulled under,… — Jeremy Wade Detective Copy Share Image
A river without monsters is a scarier prospect because it means the water is unhealthy. — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
I think fish do have personalities. Fish have very small brains so there's not much going on in there. But different types… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
Twenty-five years ago my two main target species were goliath tigerfish and arapaima from the Amazon. Each took me six years to… — Jeremy Wade Congo Copy Share Image
The stream at the end of your street can be a place where you make contact with this whole other amazing world… — Jeremy Wade Amazing Copy Share Image
Even without the creatures living in it, water is dangerous. We have an ambivalent relationship with water. It's the source of life,… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
I was on the Mekong River between the border of Thailand and Laos. I was there to find the elusive Mekong giant… — Jeremy Wade Film Copy Share Image
Being out on the water, you're very exposed. In the Amazon, one cause of death that's not uncommon is getting caught out… — Jeremy Wade Death Copy Share Image
The most fascinating and satisfying encounter so far was the goliath tigerfish of the Congo. I first caught one in 1991, and… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
The other thing is, visibility is often not very good in fresh water. So if a fish bites something, a part of… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
The arapaima, found in South America, has an elongated body and a head so bony that the male fish will sometimes kill… — Jeremy Wade America Copy Share Image
So even if there was a mutation in Loch Ness I still don't think you're going to see a 30ft eel. — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
With rivers, you don't have a lot of room to work, and with the bigger fish that I'm catching, you might have… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
I like taking people to a world they wouldn't normally go to and to creatures that a lot of people didn't know… — Jeremy Wade Animals Copy Share Image
The human mind doesn't like a vacuum. We will populate that vacuum with the contents of our own head, and often that's… — Jeremy Wade Happiness Copy Share Image
A lot of fish that live in the sea, they are your normal, nice, pretty, silvery, shiny fish. — Jeremy Wade Fish Copy Share Image
The thing is, if you always catch fish then you lose interest because any achievement is related to facing difficulty; having to… — Jeremy Wade Achievement Copy Share Image
“Because, despite our differences, we shared one fundamental belief: that there is more to this world than what’s visible on the surface.” — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
The first time you catch a fish, it's amazing. You make contact with this whole other world that exists, hidden, under the… — Jeremy Wade Amazing Copy Share Image
Most sharks can't tolerate freshwater but bull sharks have a quirk of their physiology that enables them to. — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
My background is getting into the kinds of places where outsiders don't normally go, with enough energy left to put a line… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
I try to sneak a bit of education into the entertainment. We don't preach to people, but we do try to give… — Jeremy Wade Education Copy Share Image
Being in front of a class full of kids, you are giving a performance. You have to get their attention. You've got… — Jeremy Wade Attention Copy Share Image
Starting in my late 20s, I would go on one fishing trip a year to an exotic location. I went to India… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
The thing about the oceans is there is the benefit of water clarity. You can see what's going on there, but a… — Jeremy Wade Clarity Copy Share Image
I did catch a bull shark, and also accidentally caught two very large groupers. The bigger one was not far short of… — Jeremy Wade Fish Copy Share Image
Normally, you want the river when the water is low and not when it's flooded. For example, there are parts of the… — Jeremy Wade Fish Copy Share Image
Fishing is quite a good metaphor for life. You do your prep, you do your thinking, you put your bait out, and… — Jeremy Wade Fish Copy Share Image
A fish with a big mouth, like a catfish, they've been known to bite people's legs. Normally not because they're hungry, but… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
It took me six years going to the Amazon, three months at a time, to actually track down the arapaima. That's commonly… — Jeremy Wade Fish Copy Share Image
My background is very much tropical rainforests. We did a lot in the earlier series in places like the Amazon and the… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
We are descended from people who paid attention to dangerous things in the environment. People who didn't pay attention to dangerous things… — Jeremy Wade Attention Copy Share Image
It's a bit like some martial arts: if you're behind somebody there's not much they can do, if you're in a certain… — Jeremy Wade Art Copy Share Image
I like eating fish and the thing is when I'm on a shoot, quite often the fish that I catch are bigger… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
With 'River Monsters', I am the investigator: here's the crime scene, I talk to witnesses, I establish a suspects list, I narrow… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
