One In Eight Plant Species Face Extinction.

You'll Discover In Countries Where Women Have Control Over Their Own Bodies, Where They Have Education, Where They Have Birth Control, Where They Have Facilities And Where They Are Literate, When Those Things Happen, The Birth Rate Falls.

Sentimentalising Is Anathema, As Far As I Am Concerned. It Leads You Into Ethical Problems About Violence And Killing And Eating Meat. The Whole World Becomes Topsy-survy If You Impose Moralities That Were Evolved Within Human Society On What A Blowfly Or What A Parasite Does... There Are Lots Of Emotions You Can Deduce From An Animal's Behaviour That Are Correct, But When You Start Saying It's Feeling Guilty Or Thinking Or A Loved One Or Mourning, You Must Be Very Careful Of Those Feelings.

The Correct Scientific Response To Something That Is Not Understood Must Always Be To Look Harder For The Explanation, Not Give Up And Assume A Supernatural Cause.

I Like Animals. I Like Natural History. The Travel Bit Is Not The Important Bit. The Travel Bit Is What You Have To Do In Order To Go And Look At Animals.

Nature Isn't Positive In That Way. It Doesn't Aim Itself At You. It's Not Being Unkind To You.