When kids ask questions there is a painful honesty at times and they will ask things that throw me. — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
People that love dogs have an emotional connection with them and I just think they are the most loving and fun pets… — Steve Backshall Animal Copy Share Image
Many of the animals that are traditionally seen as vermin are my life's fascination. — Steve Backshall Animal Copy Share Image
I think if you go out with too hard a conservation message, then you convince people that it's all doom and gloom… — Steve Backshall Climate Copy Share Image
The scariest animal is without doubt human beings. We are the only species that decimates the very environment that we require to… — Steve Backshall Animal Copy Share Image
Dehydration is a serious problem, particularly for young hedgehogs in the summer, so having some water out that they can drink is… — Steve Backshall Dehydration Copy Share Image
The older I've got, the more I've yearned for heritage, for a sense of belonging and coming from somewhere. — Steve Backshall Belonging Copy Share Image
I am very driven by things that scare and frighten me, and things that might be tough for me. — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
A lot of people think it's insane to swim out in blue water with a great white shark, but my experience tells… — Steve Backshall Blue Copy Share Image
I guess I'm a dog person, so the canids have a special power for me. And yet wolves are everything our own… — Steve Backshall Dog Copy Share Image
My dad will sit out in the last tiny corner of the garden that has sunshine until the millisecond the final vestige… — Steve Backshall Dad Copy Share Image
I know plenty of people who live in the country who have never seen a badger. They are definitely there, but these… — Steve Backshall Badger Copy Share Image
If there remain places on the planet that are un-known, unspoilt corners, a laboratory for evolution still exists - a snapshot of… — Steve Backshall Biology Copy Share Image
I made my first conservation series for National Geographic in 2000. Ever since I've been finding ways of making my own life… — Steve Backshall Conservation Copy Share Image
My job has changed so much over recent years because of social media. You can now watch a programme and see how… — Steve Backshall Blue Copy Share Image
Climbing is never going to be 100% safe, but the climbing I do with work is done under much stricter guidelines than… — Steve Backshall Climbing Copy Share Image
Britain has some of the finest climbing on the planet, with a sense of wilderness that rivals anywhere else on earth. You… — Steve Backshall Britain Copy Share Image
There's nothing more paralysing or more likely to make people fall into a malaise of believing they are powerless than just hearing… — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
Living my life in conservation, I see far greater tragedies and crimes against wildlife than the loss of a few thousand badgers.… — Steve Backshall Animals Copy Share Image
Hedgehogs need somewhere to hibernate through the winter, but also a place that they can lie out at during the day. So… — Steve Backshall Day Copy Share Image
I appreciate that I'm in the privileged situation of getting to spend my entire life outdoors with wildlife, and I know first… — Steve Backshall Animals Copy Share Image
Lose the sharks, the mighty, mysterious lords of the deep, and our planet's oceans would be infinitely poorer places. — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
I honestly expected me learning Welsh to be met with a certain amount of cynicism, even outright hostility from some. But that… — Steve Backshall Cynicism Copy Share Image
A crocodile just swung around and hit me with its teeth. It took a big chunk off my leg. — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
I want to share my passion for the world's beauty and give others new reasons to care. — Steve Backshall Beauty Copy Share Image
My favourite climb is St Kilda, west of Benbecula in Scotland's Outer Hebrides. It's incredibly remote, with the highest sea cliffs in… — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
I'm driven by the sense that there are still parts of the planet that no one knows anything about. — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
I surround myself with books, kind of hoping the vast knowledge will just seep into my mind through osmosis. — Steve Backshall Book Copy Share Image
Baffin Island was extraordinary; one of the most terrifying things I've done. — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
In the Himalayas, I spent some of the most exhilarating moments of my life, shooting white water rapids in a kayak. — Steve Backshall Life Copy Share Image
I read most often when I am on the road, travelling on my journeys. In cars, on planes, trains... I'm very lucky… — Steve Backshall Books Copy Share Image
Certainly jellyfish are seasonal, and owing to a complex range of environmental features there are years when they will appear in far… — Steve Backshall Environmental Copy Share Image
And I'm completely into the idea of being a dad. If the opportunity arises for us to switch roles and let Helen… — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
Fiction was a massive, massive part of my formative years, far more so than television ever was, and I always hoped that… — Steve Backshall Fiction Copy Share Image
The night sky, seen from a deserted foothold where no man-made light shines, is more spectacular than any giant cinema screen could… — Steve Backshall Cinema Copy Share Image
The number one piece of advice that you would ever get with working with any large predator is don't run. If you… — Steve Backshall Advice Copy Share Image
After more than 40 years of living in the British countryside, any day I see a badger is precious. I knew the… — Steve Backshall Badger Copy Share Image
