The truth about an animal is far more exciting and altogether more beautiful than all the myths woven about it.

Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one.

Ethologists are often accused of drawing false analogies between animal and human behaviour. However, no such thing as a false analogy exists: an analogy can be more or less detailed and, hence, more or less informative.

From a neighbour, I got a one-day-old duckling and found, to my intense joy, that it transferred its following response to my person. At the same time, my interest became irreversibly fixated on water fowl, and I became an expert on their behaviour even as a child.

The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be.

There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog