“And its thought by many neuroscientists such as Rodolfo Llinas of New York University that such goal-directed active movement, a biological property known as motricity, is a requirement for the dev...”

“bonobos, related to chimpanzees and native to the Congo, have been found to engage in French kissing.”

“at least a fifth of all mammalian species are bats.”

“Research suggests that the earliest flying reptiles swallowed small pieces of volcanic rock and could breathe out flammable gases like hydrogen produced in their own bodies. It is hypothesized that...”

“Also surprising to scientists have been the recently documented virgin births in captivity of several types of sharksthe hammerhead, the bonnethead (also known as the shovelhead), and the blacktip.”

“the mangrove killfish, lives in South American and southern US coastal swamps that can either dry up or become so toxic that the fish has to find refuge in the mud or by flipping and jumping across...”

“Even the Middle Ages, which condemned and punished animals in due form, was in this way much closer to them than we are. They held them to be guilty: which was a way of honoring them. We take them ...”

“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”