Dehydration is a serious problem, particularly for young hedgehogs in the summer, so having some water out that they can drink is… — Steve Backshall Dehydration Copy Share Image
The older I've got, the more I've yearned for heritage, for a sense of belonging and coming from somewhere. — Steve Backshall Belonging Copy Share Image
I think if you go out with too hard a conservation message, then you convince people that it's all doom and gloom… — Steve Backshall Climate Copy Share Image
Many of the animals that are traditionally seen as vermin are my life's fascination. — Steve Backshall Animal Copy Share Image
The scariest animal is without doubt human beings. We are the only species that decimates the very environment that we require to… — Steve Backshall Animal Copy Share Image
People that love dogs have an emotional connection with them and I just think they are the most loving and fun pets… — Steve Backshall Animal Copy Share Image
When kids ask questions there is a painful honesty at times and they will ask things that throw me. — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
I'm driven by the sense that there are still parts of the planet that no one knows anything about. — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
I have deliberately stung myself with a small section of box jelly tentacle, and it felt like being burned by a steam… — Steve Backshall Being Copy Share Image
Being charged by a furious matriarch elephant certainly had hearts in mouths, as did the snarling spitting Bengal tiger that gave us… — Steve Backshall Being Copy Share Image
I grew up on a small holding, it was a great way to grow up and incredibly idyllic. We had a donkey… — Steve Backshall Dog Copy Share Image
I've been doing expeditions for a living for more than 20 years and know all about what you have to go through… — Steve Backshall Adventure Copy Share Image
Most of my job is out in the wild, miles away from the public and it's nice to see people and hear… — Steve Backshall Job Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to be surrounded by all sorts of animals from a very young age. My sister Jo was much… — Steve Backshall Age Copy Share Image
Well, there are without doubt species of jellyfish around the world that are potentially lethal to human beings, some of which shut… — Steve Backshall Around the world Copy Share Image
I come from an area of southern England that is utterly homogenous. All the history near me is about royalty and fealty,… — Steve Backshall Cold Copy Share Image
Living my life in conservation, I see far greater tragedies and crimes against wildlife than the loss of a few thousand badgers.… — Steve Backshall Animals Copy Share Image
Britain has some of the finest climbing on the planet, with a sense of wilderness that rivals anywhere else on earth. You… — Steve Backshall Britain Copy Share Image
There's nothing more paralysing or more likely to make people fall into a malaise of believing they are powerless than just hearing… — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
I appreciate that I'm in the privileged situation of getting to spend my entire life outdoors with wildlife, and I know first… — Steve Backshall Animals Copy Share Image
Hedgehogs need somewhere to hibernate through the winter, but also a place that they can lie out at during the day. So… — Steve Backshall Day Copy Share Image
Baffin Island was extraordinary; one of the most terrifying things I've done. — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
In the Himalayas, I spent some of the most exhilarating moments of my life, shooting white water rapids in a kayak. — Steve Backshall Life Copy Share Image
I surround myself with books, kind of hoping the vast knowledge will just seep into my mind through osmosis. — Steve Backshall Book Copy Share Image
I want to share my passion for the world's beauty and give others new reasons to care. — Steve Backshall Beauty Copy Share Image
My favourite climb is St Kilda, west of Benbecula in Scotland's Outer Hebrides. It's incredibly remote, with the highest sea cliffs in… — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
Lose the sharks, the mighty, mysterious lords of the deep, and our planet's oceans would be infinitely poorer places. — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
I honestly expected me learning Welsh to be met with a certain amount of cynicism, even outright hostility from some. But that… — Steve Backshall Cynicism Copy Share Image
A crocodile just swung around and hit me with its teeth. It took a big chunk off my leg. — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
I am very driven by things that scare and frighten me, and things that might be tough for me. — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
If the world's oceans have had nearly half a billion years with sharks as the apex predators, then the delicate balance of… — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
The flesh-eating cockroaches and venomous centipedes in the Gomantong cave in Borneo were pretty unsavoury. They turn the floor of the cave,… — Steve Backshall Bird Copy Share Image
The number one piece of advice that you would ever get with working with any large predator is don't run. If you… — Steve Backshall Advice Copy Share Image
And I'm completely into the idea of being a dad. If the opportunity arises for us to switch roles and let Helen… — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
Fiction was a massive, massive part of my formative years, far more so than television ever was, and I always hoped that… — Steve Backshall Fiction Copy Share Image
The night sky, seen from a deserted foothold where no man-made light shines, is more spectacular than any giant cinema screen could… — Steve Backshall Cinema Copy Share Image
After more than 40 years of living in the British countryside, any day I see a badger is precious. I knew the… — Steve Backshall Badger Copy Share Image
