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American - Scientist Born: April 9, 1932

Then a neighbor, Mr Smith, had a dairy cow and an couple bulls. He showed me how to bluff a bull.

Me Cow Neighbor How

The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.

Life Quality Important Wilderness

The other thing is quality of life; if you have a place where you can go and have a picnic with your family, it doesn't matter if it's a recession or not, you can include that in your quality of life.

Life Family You Quality

I don't want to save a creek for the creek's sake, but what's in it for human beings.

Want Human Human Beings Save

The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll start thinking of doing something about it.

Life Environmental Thinking Quality

How we treat the earth basically effects our social welfare and our national security.

Treat Security Earth Welfare

Our challenge for the future is that we realize we are very much a part of the earth's ecosystem, and we must learn to respect and live according to the basic biological laws of nature.

Nature Future Respect Challenge

Preserving a river or a creek can bring a lot of revenue.

River Bring Revenue Lot

The Zambesi is a big river; there's no crocodiles on 4 Mile Run.

River Big Run Mile

There's no denying that television is one of the most powerful propaganda media we've ever invented.

Media Powerful Television Propaganda

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According to Johnny Carson, I was the guy who Marlon sent out to do all the dirty work.

Work Dirty Who Guy

Almost all these hotspots around the world, most have been destroyed to the point where there is no wildlife and very little of the natural world left.

World Left Wildlife Natural

Along 4 Mile Run, there was a nice woods down in front of the house. I used to run around there.

Nice Down House Woods

But I'll tell you what, there was a lot of farmland between Falls Church and Washington.

You Church Tell Between

Everybody has a camcorder now, and they exploit these incidents and blow them all out of proportion.

Now Out Everybody Them

Haiti looks like a bomb hit it.

Looks Like Hit Haiti

I always said it was to be dumb enough to do what Marlon Perkins said to do.

Dumb Enough Always Said

I don't think we're going to save anything if we go around talking about saving plants and animals only; we've got to translate that into what's in it for us.

Environmental Plants Think Talking

I had travelled pretty widely around the world even before then, so I knew where to go to film wildlife.

World Go Pretty Wildlife

I remember very much there in Falls Church there was a creek that was flowing down into 4 Mile Run. I believe it's now covered up where it goes under Columbia Street. I found a whole family of weasels down there.

Family Believe Remember Church

I was amazed at the house that I grew up in; it looks practically identical to the way it was, but I couldn't recognize it because of the size of the trees.

Way House Looks Trees

I'm a little different from all those conservation types.

Different Little Those Conservation

Johnny Carson started the jokes about me and Marlin in his monologues.

Me Jokes About Started

Marlon was more of a formal zoo director type.

Zoo More Director Formal

Most of what you see now emphasizes animals being dangerous to humans.

You See Dangerous Animals

My father being an outdoors person, he used to take us on quite a few adventures thorugh the wild areas down there, introducing us to alligators and rattlesnakes and all the trees and plants.

Father Plants Down Person

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