1,641 Quotes About Animal

  • Author Julie Odil
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    Yes, unfortunately, she has a tendency to believe that anything that is stuffed is hers. She has a favorite stuffed animal - a pink bear - but sometimes needs to be reminded that not every stuffed animal is hers.

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  • Author Lauren Oliver
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    Human beings, in their natural state, are unpredictable, erratic, and unhappy. It is only once their animal instincts are controlled that they can be responsible, dependable, and content.

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  • Author Paul O'Grady
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    I go in the butchers and there's not a lot of meat I can eat these days, with having all the animals.

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  • Author Richard Owen
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    The laws of Coexistence;-the adaptation of structure to function; and to a certain extent the elucidation of natural affinities may be legitimately founded upon the examination of fully developed species;-But to obtain an insight into the laws of development,-the signification or bedeutung, of the parts of an animal body demands a patient examination of the successive stages of their development, in every group of Animals.

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  • Author Richard Owen
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    Analogue. A part or organ in one animal which has the same function as another part or organ in a different animal.

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  • Author Richard Owen
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    Homologue. The same organ in different animals under every variety of form and function.

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  • Author Susan Orlean
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    We're fascinated by animals because it's almost like having Martians living among us. We can see some familiarity in them, but they're entirely different creatures.

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  • Author Susan Orlean
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    Keeping animals, I have learned, is all about water. Who even knew chickens drank water? I didn't, but they do, and a lot.

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