I mean… Well, it’s the old story of, we’re only gonna save what we love and things like that. And there are so many, this is a very competitive world we’re living in, based on economics. If you could make a bucket something, you’re gonna build it. (clears throat) By… Read More
Oh, well the feedback is always excellent. I mean, it amazes me that even the animal rights groups don’t seem to… There were a few times that Wild Kingdom got involved in doing stories about animals where some of it was created, because there weren’t too many humans in it. Read More
The real trick in Wild Kingdom at one time there were some, oh, they were some disgruntled photographers who used to work for Wild Kingdom that said some of it was staged. Well, this is a very interesting subject because when you stage, there’s a big difference between staging reality… Read More
Can you talk about the disconnect between people and nature?… Read More
What is an ecosystem?… Read More
What is it that sustains life on this planet?… Read More
If you ask people to name even three or four of the basic laws of nature that allow life to be on this planet, they don’t even know what you’re talking about. And that’s true by the way of a lot of scientists, because scientists have to talk to their… Read More
When with Wild Kingdom, did you get feedback from the viewers?… Read More
And that’s unfortunate because we haven’t learned what really happens on this planet that sustains life on the planet?… Read More
So I think the three things are that I have to contend with all the time. I know there are certain animals that I can show to people that the reaction is yuck. Wow, that’s disgusting or whatever. And that’s fairly appealing on television. People like extremes on television. There… Read More
Then there’s the third group which I call the aww animals. When you bring it out, people say, aww, it’s cute. It’s looks loving, it’s a baby. These are all animals. But the shocking thing is that’s about the level of the human interpretation of the world around them. It’s… Read More
And the things that look cute and adorable aren’t gonna hurt us. The most popular animal in the world today is probably the panda. And the second one is the koala bear. Well, both pandas and koalas can really take your part. They’re not as cute and lovable as they… Read More
We’re the custodians of all life on this planet. We can blow off a atomic bomb and kill everything there is alive on this planet if we want to. But we are in danger of liking those animals that we think we can understand that they look a little human,… Read More
People will often walk through the zoological park from one end to go out the other end. And they say, this animal is dangerous, that one looks mean. There is no such thing as being mean in the natural world. And that one is spectacular, that one’s cute. We always… Read More
Can you tell us what they are and what the meanings are?… Read More
Well, when you’re speaking about wildlife and the natural world and showing animals to people, one of the things that you learn very quickly is how ignorant people are of animal behavior, and what’s really going on?… Read More
We go around and talking about dolphins being so intelligent that they can sooner or later communicate with us. We’d like to see animals that have the ability to act like a human. I mean, it’s very rampant. Read More
Most of the reaction from people to an animal or based upon how cute it is, isn’t it adorable?… Read More
Now, everybody should be an animal, right?… Read More
So I mean, an animal has the rights to be respected as an animal. But that doesn’t mean that you have to make it, into a human being. You gotta respect an animal for what it is, not because it has human characteristics. So I use that. I know how… Read More