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" Hundreds of species are facing extinction due to human impacts on the environment. "
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Human
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" When I write about animals, I use anthropological techniques and the language you would use for a person. You don't have to anthropomorphize animals, just acknowledge their individuality. "
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" Animals need to understand other species, if only to prey on them or escape from them. "
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" As far as I'm concerned, I own my dogs as I own my body. My legs are with me when I take a shower, and I feel no shame. If I were to lose one, I'd grieve, and people would send sympathy cards, but it would be my condition that evoked the sympathy, not the fate of the leg. That's like losing a dog. "
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" We fill the woods with invasive primates camouflaged to look like piles of leaves who sneak around, sprinkling estrus doe urine and manipulating gadgets that sound like antlers clashing. "
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" I don't mind aging - I'm glad to be aging. I'll never die young. "
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" People didn't think animals thought or remembered or had minds! They most certainly do: any pet owner knows more than a lot of scientists about animals. "
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