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> [It’s an important time to be writing about the connections we share with our fellow creatures. It’s a great time to be alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/it-s-an-important-time-to-be-writing-about-the-connections-we-share/)

[Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/)

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## More by Sy Montgomery

> [“I never met a pig I didn't like. All pigs are intelligent, emotional, and sensitive souls. They all love company. They all crave contact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/i-never-met-a-pig-i-didn-t-like-all-pigs-are-intelligent-emotional/)

[Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/)

> [“As with a child, to commune with Athena demands a level of openness and intuition greater than that used in the usual discourse between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/as-with-a-child-to-commune-with-athena-demands-a-level-of-openness/)

[Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/)

> [“I was warmly amused at the way each one tried to outdo the others in showing how her ape was the “most human”—trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/i-was-warmly-amused-at-the-way-each-one-tried-to-outdo-the-others-in/)

[Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/)

> [“Octopuses and their relatives have what Woods Hole researcher Roger Hanlon calls electric skin. For its color palette, the octopus uses three layers of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/octopuses-and-their-relatives-have-what-woods-hole-researcher-roger/)

[Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/)

> [Adult gorillas will fight to the death defending their families. This is why poachers who may be seeking only one infant for the zoo…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/adult-gorillas-will-fight-to-the-death-defending-their-families-this/)

[Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/)

> [“They don’t want to hear how Octavia is different from us. They want to know how we’re the same. They know what it’s like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/they-don-t-want-to-hear-how-octavia-is-different-from-us-they-want-to/)

[Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/)

> [“Assessing the mind of a creature this alien demands that we be extraordinary flexible in our own thinking. Marine biologist James Wood suggests our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/assessing-the-mind-of-a-creature-this-alien-demands-that-we-be/)

[Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/)

> [“The affection the aquarists felt for the octopus appeared to be mutual. For the hours that they swam together, though the massive octopus could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/the-affection-the-aquarists-felt-for-the-octopus-appeared-to-be/)

[Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/)

> [“The self,” Blackmore writes, “is just a fleeting impression that arises with each experience and fades away again. . . . There is no inner self,” she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/the-self-blackmore-writes-is-just-a-fleeting-impression-that-arises/)

[Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/)

> [“Volumes of history written in the ancient alphabet of G and C, A and T.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/volumes-of-history-written-in-the-ancient-alphabet-of-g-and-c-a-and-t/)

[Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/)

> [“The study of a language . . . allows its students to hear a people's 'interpretation (or misinterpretation) of messages from environment to human.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/the-study-of-a-language-allows-its-students-to-hear-a-people-s/)

[Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/)

> [Human relationships with predators have always been thorny. Predators are the first creatures our kind purposely eradicates. Too often, people feel humans are and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/human-relationships-with-predators-have-always-been-thorny-predators/)

[Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/)

> [“Laos is saddled with the distinction of one superlative: it is the most heavily bombed country on earth. During the nine-year secret war against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/laos-is-saddled-with-the-distinction-of-one-superlative-it-is-the/)

[Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/)

> [“Cambodia is the most heavily mined country on earth, with 4 to 8 million land mines, according to one estimate.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/cambodia-is-the-most-heavily-mined-country-on-earth-with-4-to-8/)

[Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/)

> [“the relationship that Jane Goodall has with the chimpanzees of Gombe—and that Dian Fossey had with the mountain gorillas she studied, and Biruté Galdikas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/the-relationship-that-jane-goodall-has-with-the-chimpanzees-of-gombe/)

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