Giraffe/behavior and Ecology

Famous quotes containing the words giraffe, behavior and/or ecology:

    “All that blesses the step of the antelope
    all the grace a giraffe lifts to the highest leaves
    all steadfastness and pleasant gazing, alien to ennui,
    dwell secretly behind man’s misery.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “The psychological umbilical cord is more difficult to cut than the real one. We experience our children as extensions of ourselves, and we feel as though their behavior is an expression of something within us...instead of an expression of something in them. We see in our children our own reflection, and when we don’t like what we see, we feel angry at the reflection.”
    —Elaine Heffner (20th century)

    “... the fundamental principles of ecology govern our lives wherever we live, and ... we must wake up to this fact or be lost.”
    —Karin Sheldon (b. c. 1945)