86 Quotes by Jeremy Wade

It's always the crocodile you don't see you have to worry about.

Sea water is clear and you can put the camera in sea water and you can see stuff, whereas freshwater is often zero visibility.

Everything starts with fishermen's tales. Everywhere you go the fishermen talk.

I have caught eels from Loch Ness, as we did a River Monsters episode which started off there. They weren't very big - just 18 inches. I'm sure there may be bigger eels, but you're only talking about 10lbs.

Bull sharks get quite a lot of bad press.

I have caught some big eels in New Zealand, where the climate is very similar to Scotland. But they grow to around five feet long.

I was on the Mekong River between the border of Thailand and Laos. I was there to find the elusive Mekong giant catfish but the border police were suspicious. Along with my film, they confiscated my passport and started making accusations about my political allegiances.

So even if there was a mutation in Loch Ness I still don't think you're going to see a 30ft eel.

Being in front of a class full of kids, you are giving a performance. You have to get their attention. You've got to awaken their curiosity. You become a bit of an entertainer.