Besides alligators, the only animals to be feared are the poisonousserpents. These are certainly common enough in the forest, but no fatal accident happened during the wholetime of my residence.
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The poor monkey, quietly seated on the ground, seemed to be in sore trouble at this display of anger.
The species has no sting, and does not display active resistance when interfered with. I once imagined they exercised a sort of superintendence over the others; but this function is entirely unnecessary in a community where all work with a precision and regularity resembling the subordinate parts of a piece of machinery.
It was with deep interest that my companion and myself, both now about to see and examine the beauties of a tropical country for the first time, gazed on the land where I, at least, eventually spent eleven of the best years of my life.
This quote is just one of 8 total Henry Walter Bates quotes in our collection. Henry Walter Bates is known for saying 'Besides alligators, the only animals to be feared are the poisonous serpents. These are certainly common enough in the forest, but no fatal accident happened during the whole time of my residence.' as well as some of the following quotes.