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> [“In the very earliest times, when both people and animals lived on earth, a person could become an animal if he wanted to, and an animal could become a human being. Sometimes they were people and sometimes animals and there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-morell/in-the-very-earliest-times-when-both-people-and-animals-lived-on/)

[Virginia Morell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-morell/)

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## More by Virginia Morell

> [“Fish are unable, of course, to speak for themselves about how we treat them. They have ways of communicating with each other and, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-morell/fish-are-unable-of-course-to-speak-for-themselves-about-how-we-treat/)

[Virginia Morell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-morell/)

> [“A large brain-to-body size ratio is often considered a hallmark of intelligence, although it’s not the only factor. But it is something we humans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-morell/a-large-brain-to-body-size-ratio-is-often-considered-a-hallmark-of/)

[Virginia Morell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-morell/)

> [“When poachers target the matriarchs or older females—as they often do, because older elephants usually have larger tusks—they also destroy that lifetime of learning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-morell/when-poachers-target-the-matriarchs-or-older-females-as-they-often-do/)

[Virginia Morell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-morell/)

> [“Researches still don't have an explanation for the differnece between the sizes of dogs' and wolves' brains - or for why every species of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-morell/researches-still-don-t-have-an-explanation-for-the-differnece-between/)

[Virginia Morell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-morell/)

> [“Often, when an elephant has just died, other elephants will back up to touch its carcass gently with their hind feet, then cover the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-morell/often-when-an-elephant-has-just-died-other-elephants-will-back-up-to/)

[Virginia Morell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-morell/)

> [“Elephants also have the necessary neural anatomy for long-term memories—their brains have especially large and complex frontal lobes, which are important for storing and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-morell/elephants-also-have-the-necessary-neural-anatomy-for-long-term/)

[Virginia Morell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-morell/)

> [“Dolphins have one of the highest ratios of brain size to body mass in the animal kingdom. Measured in this way, a dolphin’s brain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-morell/dolphins-have-one-of-the-highest-ratios-of-brain-size-to-body-mass-in/)

[Virginia Morell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-morell/)

> [“In the very earliest times, when both people and animals lived on earth, a person could become an animal if he wanted to, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-morell/in-the-very-earliest-times-when-both-people-and-animals-lived-on/)

[Virginia Morell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-morell/)

> [“The greatest threat to all wild animals is the loss of habitat—the destruction of the areas and resources they need to survive. Climate change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-morell/the-greatest-threat-to-all-wild-animals-is-the-loss-of-habitat-the/)

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> [“But for the moment, she said, her previous studies with trout suggest that fish in pain will not behave normally, that they will either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-morell/but-for-the-moment-she-said-her-previous-studies-with-trout-suggest/)

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