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> [I have had close relationships with three species of wild pigs, each a chance encounter on a different continent, and all continue to enrich my life in surprising ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyall-watson/i-have-had-close-relationships-with-three-species-of-wild-pigs-each-a/)

[Lyall Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyall-watson/)

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## More by Lyall Watson

> [The limits of sensory evolution in fish are defined very largely by their habitat. Water is physically supportive, carries some kinds of odour well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyall-watson/the-limits-of-sensory-evolution-in-fish-are-defined-very-largely-by/)

[Lyall Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyall-watson/)

> [“We are in tune, and given the chance, we do things tunefully. We dance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyall-watson/we-are-in-tune-and-given-the-chance-we-do-things-tunefully-we-dance/)

[Lyall Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyall-watson/)

> [Smell is stimulating. It stirs things up and makes us nostalgic - a wonderful word which literally means 'ache for home' - which serves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyall-watson/smell-is-stimulating-it-stirs-things-up-and-makes-us-nostalgic-a/)

[Lyall Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyall-watson/)

> [It is a fascinating and provocative thought that a body of water deserves to be considered as an organism in its own right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyall-watson/it-is-a-fascinating-and-provocative-thought-that-a-body-of-water/)

[Lyall Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyall-watson/)

> [We share our planet quite naturally with a permanent aeroplankton; a buoyant ecology too soft to hear, too small to see, but heavy with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyall-watson/we-share-our-planet-quite-naturally-with-a-permanent-aeroplankton-a/)

[Lyall Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyall-watson/)

> [Smell was our first sense. It is even possible that being able to smell was the stimulus that took a primitive fish and turned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyall-watson/smell-was-our-first-sense-it-is-even-possible-that-being-able-to/)

[Lyall Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyall-watson/)

> [“He was his usual philosophic self and tried very hard to explain to me that although life was stained with agony, this was necessary.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyall-watson/he-was-his-usual-philosophic-self-and-tried-very-hard-to-explain-to/)

[Lyall Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyall-watson/)

> [Breathing air is a liberating experience. It freed our ancestors from the constraints of staying wet or having to remain within easy reach of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyall-watson/breathing-air-is-a-liberating-experience-it-freed-our-ancestors-from/)

[Lyall Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyall-watson/)

> [“To get to know someone new, you need to touch a lot.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyall-watson/to-get-to-know-someone-new-you-need-to-touch-a-lot/)

[Lyall Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyall-watson/)

> [If elephants didn't exist, you couldn't invent one. They belong to a small group of living things so unlikely they challenge credulity and common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyall-watson/if-elephants-didn-t-exist-you-couldn-t-invent-one-they-belong-to-a/)

[Lyall Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyall-watson/)

> [“It is a truism among researchers into smell that all human subjects behave as if they themselves do not smell like humans, because all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyall-watson/it-is-a-truism-among-researchers-into-smell-that-all-human-subjects/)

[Lyall Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyall-watson/)

> [If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyall-watson/if-the-brain-were-so-simple-we-could-understand-it-we-would-be-so/)

[Lyall Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyall-watson/)

> [Smell is a long-distance sense, a way of stretching time and finding out in advance what lies ahead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyall-watson/smell-is-a-long-distance-sense-a-way-of-stretching-time-and-finding/)

[Lyall Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyall-watson/)

> [I live and work alone and travel light, relying largely on my memory and making a point of letting # intuition guide my way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyall-watson/i-live-and-work-alone-and-travel-light-relying-largely-on-my-memory/)

[Lyall Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyall-watson/)

> [Air is traditionally 'thin,' but the more we learn about our atmosphere, the more substantial it becomes. In some places it is so filled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyall-watson/air-is-traditionally-thin-but-the-more-we-learn-about-our-atmosphere/)

[Lyall Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyall-watson/)

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