I am glad that the life of pandas is so dull by human standards, for our efforts at conservation have little moral value if we preserve creatures only as human ornaments; I shall be impressed when we show solicitude for warty toads and slithering worms.


"How Does a Panda Fit?", p. 21 - An Urchin in the Storm (1987)

Stephen Jay Gould Quotes

I am glad that the life of pandas is so dull by human standards, for our efforts at conservation have little moral value if we preserve creatures...

I am glad that the life of pandas is so dull by human standards, for our efforts at conservation have little moral value if we preserve creatures...

I am glad that the life of pandas is so dull by human standards, for our efforts at conservation have little moral value if we preserve creatures...

I am glad that the life of pandas is so dull by human standards, for our efforts at conservation have little moral value if we preserve creatures...