Animal Quotes by E. O. Wilson

11 Animal quotes by E. O. Wilson

When a leading biologist condenses his love for fauna into eleven lines, you get clear, thoughtful reflections. These quotes give a snapshot of his scientific reverence without the heavy jargon.

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Ninety-nine percent of all species that ever lived are now extinct.

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Each species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius.

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But once the ants and termites jumped the high barrier that prevents the vast variety of evolving animal groups from becoming fully…

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Biological diversity is the key to the maintenance of the world as we know it... Eliminate one species, and another increases to…

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When you get into the whole field of exploring, probably 90 percent of the kinds of organisms, plants, animals and especially microorganisms…

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Consider the nematode roundworm, the most abundant of all animals. Four out of five animals on Earth are nematode worms — if…

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We don't need to clear the 4 to 6 percent of the Earth's surface remaining in tropical rain forests, with most of…

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The solutions like freezing zygotes, fertilized eggs, of all kinds of animals and so on, or keeping them in zoos and having…

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These slender little people (Homo Habilis), the size of modern 12 year olds, were devoid of fangs and claws and almost certainly…

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Most people are surprised when they hear my somber figures: we know of 2 million species of plants, animals and microorganisms, and…

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While ants exist in just the right numbers for the rest of the living world, humans have become too numerous. If we…

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