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> [“There is not a moral to every story in animal behavior. Sometimes a snake is just a snake, and sometimes snake sex is only about sex in snakes, or sex in egg-laying reptiles. Although a biologist’s job in part is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlene-zuk/there-is-not-a-moral-to-every-story-in-animal-behavior-sometimes-a/)

Marlene Zuk

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## More by Marlene Zuk

> [I mean that it is possible to be unselfish without a moral code, sophisticated without and education, and beautiful wearing a skeleton on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlene-zuk/i-mean-that-it-is-possible-to-be-unselfish-without-a-moral-code/)

Marlene Zuk

> [“There is not a moral to every story in animal behavior. Sometimes a snake is just a snake, and sometimes snake sex is only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlene-zuk/there-is-not-a-moral-to-every-story-in-animal-behavior-sometimes-a/)

Marlene Zuk

> [Travel is said to be broadening because it makes us realize that our way of doing things is not the only one, that people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlene-zuk/travel-is-said-to-be-broadening-because-it-makes-us-realize-that-our/)

Marlene Zuk

> [People have this idea that nature dictates a sort of 1950s sitcom version of what males and females are like. That is just not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlene-zuk/people-have-this-idea-that-nature-dictates-a-sort-of-1950s-sitcom/)

Marlene Zuk

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