Animal Quotes by Desmond Morris

8 Animal quotes by Desmond Morris

Desmond Morris, the zoologist‑author, provides a compact set of observations that blend scientific curiosity with accessible insight. These eight lines give a quick glimpse into his analytical yet appreciative view of animal behavior.

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People who keep dogs live longer on average than those who do not. This is not some kind of pro-canine campaigning fantasy.…

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The idea that it is funny to see wild animals coerced into acting like clumsy humans, or thrilling to see powerful beasts…

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The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.

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...In little more than a single century from 1820 to 19450, no less than fifty-nine million human animals were killed in inter-group…

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Sexual behavior in our species goes through three characteristic phases: pair formation, precopulatory activity, and copulation, usually but not always in that…

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Aquatic animals suffer from the disadvantage that they cannot scream when in pain, so we find it hard to gauge the degree…

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The age of a child is inversely correlated with the size of the animals it prefers.

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It must be stressed that there is nothing insulting about looking at people as animals. We are animals, after all. Homo sapiens…

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“My writing, on the other hand, is always done with my readers in mind. I never write for my own amusement. I always try…

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Monks, nuns, long-term spinsters and bachelors and permanent homosexuals are all, in a reproductive sense, aberrant. Society has bred them, but they have failed…

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Looking back now on the whole sexual scene we can see that our species has remained much more loyal to its basic biological urges…

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