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# Victor Blanchard Scheffer

(1906–2011)   Zoologist

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Victor Blanchard Scheffer was a zoologist.

## Quick Facts About Victor Blanchard Scheffer

Born November 27, 1906

Died September 20, 2011

Profession Zoologist

## About Victor Blanchard Scheffer

American zoologist (1906-2011)... \| Victor Blanchard Scheffer was an American biologist and the author of eleven books relating to natural history. He was born in Manhattan, Kansas and moved to Washington state at a young age. His father, Theophilus H. Scheffer (1866-1966), was an associate biologist for the United States Bureau of Bi

##  Quotes by Victor Blanchard Scheffer

> [Although Nature needs thousands or millions of years to create a new species, man needs only a few dozen years to destroy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-blanchard-scheffer/although-nature-needs-thousands-or-millions-of-years-to-create-a-new/)

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[Dozen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dozen/)

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> [Throughout history, men have tried to play God by moving rabbits, goats, sparrows, mongooses, and a hundred other species to oceanic islands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-blanchard-scheffer/throughout-history-men-have-tried-to-play-god-by-moving-rabbits-goats/)

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[Conservation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conservation/)

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> [Whales have become newly symbolic of real values in a world environment of which man is newly aware. Whales live in families,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-blanchard-scheffer/whales-have-become-newly-symbolic-of-real-values-in-a-world/)

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[Care](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/care/)

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