The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.
Nothin wounded goes uphill, he said. It just dont happen.
There's nothing in the sea this fish would fear. Other fish run from bigger things. That's their instinct. But this fish doesn't run from anything. He doesn't fear.
In the animal kingdom, one of the keys to survival is to outwit your enemies. And when you're surrounded by carnivores, one of the best strategies is to fade into the background and disappear.
The most prudent thing any intelligent animal can do, if it would prefer its descendents not to spend a lot of time on a slab with electrodes clamped to their brains or sticking mines on the bottom of ships, or being patronised by zoologists, is to make bloody certain humans don't find out about it.
The delicate sensitivity of a frightened rattlesnake.
Although I sometimes pose as a fight animal, I'm really a flight animal.
Even snakes are afraid of snakes.
Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
When caught in the clutches of a predator, the jelly produces a light display that is a pinwheel of light that is basically a call for help. It serves to attract the attention of a larger predator that may attack their attacker, thereby affording them an opportunity for escape.
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.
A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
Looks like the safest spot here for a human who doesn’t want to get eaten. (Kish)
The Carrion Crow and Turkey-Buzzard possess great power of recollection, so as to recognise at a great distance a person who has shot at them, and even the horse on which he rides.
I try my best to avoid the sharks of life, but I have had my share of experiences with them, and in those cases I just have to handle them accordingly. But I do not swim with sharks ... sharks swim with sharks.
A rabbit that runs away from the bull-terrier is not particularly non-violent.
Walk in this faithless grass with studious tread, Lest mice, weasels, germane beasts, too soon The tall hat and eyes, the fierce feet, for dead Descry, and fix you prone in their revelling moon.
Blaming the wolf would not help the sheep much. The sheep must learn not to fall in the clutches of the wolf.
I surprised myself with my ability to run. It's kind of like tippy toe running. I would not be able to outrun Indominus Rex, but with enough practice I might be able to make it 40 or 50 feet before I was killed.
Besides, humans aren't prey. They are our natural enemies. They are to be avoided.
There's a cardinal rule that you don't talk about sharks. If you don't see it, it's not there.
How do you fall into a lion's den, that is my first question there, you think you would be extra carefull around a den of lions.
Animals need to understand other species, if only to prey on them or escape from them.
A mouse who wishes to fool the cat doesn't simply scamper out of its hole whenever it feels the slightest urge.
This is to think, that men are so foolish, that they take care to avoid what mischiefs may be done them by pole-cats, or foxes; but are content, nay, think it safety, to be devoured by lions.
