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title: "2 Rewilding Quotes By Isabella Tree"
description: "2 Rewilding quotes by Isabella Tree. Plus more from Isabella Tree and more Rewilding sayings from other authors."
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> [“Think testosterone,’ says Matthew, ‘multiply it by πr2 and double it. Forget boys locked in boarding schools. They’ve spent ten months as a caterpillar waiting for this. They’ve pupated, they’re mature and they’re desperate. They’re squaddies in the disco on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabella-tree/think-testosterone-says-matthew-multiply-it-by-r2-and-double-it/)

Isabella Tree

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> [“Purple emperor-watching with Matthew and Neil is not your average butterfly entertainment, ethereal and somewhat effete. Theirs is a raucous, adrenaline-fuelled spectator sport. The emperors themselves seem to play to the crowd. Pugnacious males dart around the crowns of oaks,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabella-tree/purple-emperor-watching-with-matthew-and-neil-is-not-your-average/)

Isabella Tree

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## More by Isabella Tree

> [“Think testosterone,’ says Matthew, ‘multiply it by πr2 and double it. Forget boys locked in boarding schools. They’ve spent ten months as a caterpillar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabella-tree/think-testosterone-says-matthew-multiply-it-by-r2-and-double-it/)

Isabella Tree

> [“Deep, rich orange and speckled with black, every now and again a flick of their wings flashed an underside of green and mother-of-pearl -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabella-tree/deep-rich-orange-and-speckled-with-black-every-now-and-again-a-flick/)

Isabella Tree

> [“Purple emperor-watching with Matthew and Neil is not your average butterfly entertainment, ethereal and somewhat effete. Theirs is a raucous, adrenaline-fuelled spectator sport. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabella-tree/purple-emperor-watching-with-matthew-and-neil-is-not-your-average/)

Isabella Tree

> [“We forget, in a world completely transformed by man, that what we’re looking at is not necessarily the environment wildlife prefer, but the depleted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabella-tree/we-forget-in-a-world-completely-transformed-by-man-that-what-we-re/)

Isabella Tree

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