Arthropods Quotes

We can now determine, easily and relatively cheaply, the detailed chemical architecture of genes ; and we can trace the products of these genes ( enzymes and proteins ) as they influence the course of embryology . In so doing we have made the astounding discovery that all complex animal phyla - arthropods and vertebrates in particular - have retained, despite their half-billion years of evolutionary independence, an extensive set of common genetic blueprints for building bodies.

I love all kinds of insects, and I've heard Australia has some really interesting bugs.

I love insects. They are amazing.

[Insects] are not only cold-blooded, and green- and yellow-blooded, but are also cased in a clacking horn. They have rigid eyes and brains strung down their backs. But they make up the bulk of our comrades-at-life, so I look to them for a glimmer of companionship.

Cincinnati has one of the most diverse animal collections in the world, with more than 500 species represented. They also have a really good insect exhibit.

Poly means more than one, and ticks are bloodsucking parasites.

Of all bugs, growing up I just loved the pill bugs. They roll up, you play with them, you wait for them to open up, and then when you touch them they roll up again. I just love that.

My kid really loves bugs.

The bugs are not like us. The Pseudo-Arachnids aren’t even like spiders. They are arthropods who happen to look like a madman’s conception of a giant intelligent spider, but their organization, psychological and economic, is more like that of ants or termites; they are communal entities, the ultimate dictatorship of the hive.

Strange that creatures without backbones have the hardest shells.

Mammals are very close to us, but bugs are strange. They're more mysterious and exotic.

Insects are what neurosis would sound like, if neurosis could make a noise with its nose.

We embrace two-legged beings, and can warm to four-legged beings, too, but for most people, six legs is pushing it. Most don't need multi-eyed, antennaed face time.

I was so intrigued by insects and things that crawled or flew - I could spend hours by myself in a vacant lot.

I can pretty much name and rattle off the genus and species of all the bugs you see in everyday life.

Even without seeing the crickets, grasshoppers, cicadas and katydids, we hear them shrilling in this season and trust that they're the tiny living gargoyles entomologists claim.

Insects are my secret fear. That's what terrifies me more than anything - insects.

I spent my childhood in northern New York State, and like many kids, bugs and other critters fascinated me.