Jaguars and Electric Eels Quotes

“This view of a living nature where man is nothing is both odd and sad. Here, in a fertile land, in an eternal greenness, you search in vain for traces of man; you feel you are carried into a different world from the one you were born into.”
― Alexander von Humboldt, Jaguars and Electric Eels

“With most animals, as with man, the alertness of the senses diminishes after years of work, after domestic habits and progress of culture.”
― Alexander von Humboldt, Jaguars and Electric Eels