Environmentalists continually face the political reality that support and funding can be won for soft, cuddly, and "attractive" animals, but not for slimy, grubby, and ugly creatures (of potentially greater evolutionary interest and practical significance) or for habitats.


Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History, Chapter 2 (p. 44), W.W. Norton & Co. 1993

Stephen Jay Gould Quotes

Environmentalists continually face the political reality that support and funding can be won for soft, cuddly, and attractive animals, but not for...

Environmentalists continually face the political reality that support and funding can be won for soft, cuddly, and attractive animals, but not for...

Environmentalists continually face the political reality that support and funding can be won for soft, cuddly, and attractive animals, but not for...

Environmentalists continually face the political reality that support and funding can be won for soft, cuddly, and attractive animals, but not for...