Is it not possible that the chimpanzees are responding to some feeling like awe? A feeling generated by the mystery of water; water that seems alive, always rushing past yet never going, always the same yet ever different. Was it perhaps similar feelings of awe that gave rise to the first animistic religions, the worship of the elements and the mysteries of nature over which there was no control? Only when our prehistoric ancestors developed language would it have been possible to discuss such internal feelings and create a shared religion.

You're thinking about putting scientists into small cages and doing research on them. I wish it could happen sometimes.

Every individual can make a difference every day by making conscious choices.

My favorite animals are dogs.

Animals have personalities and minds and emotions.

We have turned away from the natural world. Instead, it's all about money and power.

If only we can overcome cruelty, to human and animal, with love and compassion we shall stand at the threshold of a new era in human moral and spiritual evolution - and realize, at last, our most unique quality: humanity.