“The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people.” ~ Dian Fossey

“Does the giraffe know what he’s for? Or care? Or even think about his place in things? A giraffe has...

“There’s a snake lurking in the grass.” ~ Virgil [columns] [span6] [/span6][span6] [/span6][/columns]

“The Llama is a woolly sort of fleecy hairy goat, with an indolent expression and an undulating throat; like an...

“It’s practically impossible to look at a penguin and feel angry.” ~ Joe Moore

“An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.” ~ Martin Buber [columns] [span6] [/span6][span6] [/span6][/columns]

“He viewed us, as we passed him by, With calm and yet with questioning eye, But moveless still, as though...

“When sunset, like a crimson throat to hell, is cavernous…” ~ George Sterling *Taken at London Zoo.   [columns] [span3]...

“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” ~ Thomas Aquinas

“There’s a snake lurking in the grass.” ~ Virgil