Vince Staples Quotes

I'm learning that human pressure on wildlife is becoming increasingly dangerous. You've got to be more alert because more animals have been pushed around, wounded, subjected to human harassment, ambushed, all kinds of stress. When they attack, it's totally predictable.

I was learning to track rhinoceroses in Africa and tracked right up on an animal that really I thought was going to kill me.

Biologically speaking, if something bites you it's more likely to be female.

Black bears rarely attack. But here's the thing. Sometimes they do. All bears are agile, cunning and immensely strong, and they are always hungry. If they want to kill you and eat you, they can, and pretty much whenever they want. That doesn't happen often, but - and here is the absolutely salient point - once would be enough.

The fangs of a bear, and the tusks of a wild boar, do not bite worse and make deeper gashes than a goose-quill sometimes; no, not even the badger himself, who is said to be so tenacious of his bite that he will not give over his hold till he feels his teeth meet and the bones crack.

The books all say that barracuda rarely eat people, but very few barracuda can read.

Bears are simultaneously so graceful and so strong. Bears know who they are, but they often don’t know who you are, which is why they kill you.

An ash-gray dog with a white blaze on its forehead burst onto the rough terrain of the market on the first Sunday in December, knocked down tables of fried food, overturned Indians' stalls and lottery kiosks, and bit four people who happened to cross its path.

There were only so many kicks a dog could take before it turned vicious.’ (Acheron)

...if you fall into a lion's pit, the reason the lion will tear you to pieces is not because it's hungry-be assured, zoo animals are amply fed-or because it's bloodthirsty, but because you've invaded it's territory.

People could put up with being bitten by a wolf but what properly riled them was a bite from a sheep.

Much hostile and aggressive behaviour among animals is the expression of social insecurity.

Studying chimps, I came to the conclusion that being evil is something that only humans are capable of. A chimp would never plan to pull another's nails out. The chimps' way of aggression is quick and brutal. I compare them to gang attacks.

Apparently, the the only way to kill a lion is by rear naked choke. Personally, I’d just kick it in the head.

Killing the dog does not cure the bite.

This squirrel is inadequately afraid of humans! Squirrel, I am a threat to you! We are enemies! Please get off my bench! Oh, god! Oh, god! Don't touch me—oh, god!

If you think penguins are fat and waddle, you have never been attacked by one running at you in excess of 100 miles per hour.

I got my lips chewed off by a dingo!

The flock gets sight of a spot of blood on some chicken and they all go to peckin' at it, see, till they rip the chicken to shreds, blood and bones and feathers. But usually a couple of the flock gets spotted in the fracas, then it's their turn. And a few more gets spots and gets pecked to death, and more and more. Oh, a peckin' party can wipe out the whole flock in a matter of a few hours, buddy, I seen it. A mighty awesome sight. The only way to prevent it—with chickens—is to clip blinders on them. So's they can't see.

Fighting should be left to dogs and cats and chickens, who can't reason.

All beasts of prey are strong or treacherous.

I think it would be worse to get mauled by a dancing bear than just a regular bear because you can't totally blame the dancing bear.

There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes.

There is nothing quite so terrifying as a mad sheep.