- "Tigers have special sensors along the front of their two inch canines that can detect the pulse in your aorta" (3).
- Quote by Donald Rumsfeld (I am not a fan of his, but I like the quote)- "There are known knowns- things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns- things we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns- things we don't know we don't know" (78).
- Pulitzer Prize-winning scientist Professor E. O. Wilsom came up with the term "Biophilia Hypothesis", which suggests that as a species we feel reassured in an environment that the animal within us recognizes (79).
- That author explains, "I am absolutely convinced that homosexuality has at the very least a strong genetic component, is perfectly natural, and nothing to get excited about" (85).
- Gerald Durrell founded the Jersey Zoo in the U.K. and used it for conservation, "as opposed to simply exhibiting animals" (98).
Mee writes about being around photographers-
- "Photographers are practical people. They make the best of situations, they improvise, they have gaffer's tape... a photographer is useful in spotting good people to interview" (187).
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