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" Animals need to understand other species, if only to prey on them or escape from them. "
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Escape
Understand
Prey
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" We used to go in the woods by ourselves, and you can't help noticing the world then, especially animals. People used to know a lot about the natural world, especially in the country. "
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" In my cosmology, indigenous wild deer are more important than exotic ornamental shrubs. "
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" All the members of the dog family - domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, dingoes - are very aware of territory. A group must control its own territory - you can't have others taking it from you, because then you won't have enough food. "
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" Not even a maggot is an it, and to refer to any animal in that manner is an affectation, an ignorant stab at science-speak. "
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" One of the best and most responsible things a scientist can do is to write for the popular press. "
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Things
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" No other creatures of the savannah sleep as deeply or as soundly as lions, but after all, lions are the main reason for not sleeping soundly. "
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" When I was very young, my nanny was a big Newfoundland dog... whose task was to keep me from drowning. "
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" To sit idly, not doing, merely experiencing, comes hard to a primate. "
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" From the very dawn of time until now and well into the future... human-animal companionship is at the very core of our instincts not only for mutual survival, but mutually rewarding relationships. "
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" We are surely the primary agent of death for all members of the cat tribe. For many if not most cat species, our depredations must surpass accidents, disease, and even starvation by a considerable margin. "
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