Eight Bears Quotes

“I thought the secret of life was obvious: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on it, find your life’s work, and try to get hold of a giant panda. —ANNE LAMOTT”
― Gloria Dickie, Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future

“not only are there only eight remaining bear species, but six of the eight are now threatened with extinction. Only the American black bear is considered secure throughout its global range. At nine hundred thousand strong, black bears are more numerous than the seven other bear species combined.”
― Gloria Dickie, Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future

“thirty-five species of canines, from wolves to dholes, jackals to foxes. Felines number forty-one. Cetaceans—whales, porpoises, dolphins—are abundant with more than ninety species. And there are as many as five hundred species of primates. Bears don’t even enter the double digits.”
― Gloria Dickie, Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future

“Whenever people had asked me which bear was my favorite, I had dithered and hedged. "I like them all equally," I would say, diplomatically. Sun bears were cute with lolling tongues. Grizzlies were emblematic of the American wilderness. And who could pass up the panda? What a jolly fellow. That, however, was all a lie. My favorite bear was unequivocally the polar bear.”
― Gloria Dickie, Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future