14+ Dian Fossey Quotes On Education, Nature And Death

Dian Fossey was an American zoologist and primatologist best known for her work in the Congo studying mountain gorillas. She was an early pioneer in the field of conservation, and her work helped to save the mountain gorilla from extinction. Fossey was murdered in 1985, and her legacy lives on in the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, which she founded. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Dian Fossey on education, life, nature.

I have no friends. The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people. — Dian Fossey

The man who kills the animals today is the man who kills the people who get in his way tomorrow. — Dian Fossey

One of the basic steps in saving a threatened species is to learn more about it: its diet, its mating and reproductive processes, its range patterns, its social behavior. — Dian Fossey

Gorillas are almost altruistic in nature. There's very little if any 'me-itis.' When I get back to civilization I'm always appalled by 'me, me, me.' — Dian Fossey

It was their individuality combined with the shyness of their behavior that remained the most captivating impression of this first encounter with the greatest of the great apes. — Dian Fossey

There are times when one cannot accept facts for fear of shattering one's being. As I listened to Ian's news, all of Digit's life, since my first meeting with him as a playful little ball of black fluff ten years earlier, passed through my mind. From that moment on, I came to live within an insulated part of myself. — Dian Fossey

Active conservation [of gorillas] involves simply going out into the forest, on foot, day after day after day, attempting to capture poachers, killing-regretfully-poacher dogs, which spread rabies within the park, and cutting down traps. — Dian Fossey

[About gorillas] You take these fine, regal animals. How many (human) fathers have the same sense of paternity? How many human mothers are more caring? The family structure is unbelievably strong. — Dian Fossey

The extraordinary gentleness of the adult male with his young dispels all the King Kong mythology. — Dian Fossey

[My] excursions provided a unique opportunity for observing [the gorillas' behavior] in their natural habitat... Then, all too soon, the infants were demanded for their trip to the zoo. ... [H]appily the babies did not know they would never see their mountain home again — Dian Fossey

I shall never forget my first encounter with gorillas. Sound preceded sight. Odor preceded sound in the form of an overwhelming, musky-barnyard, humanlike scent. The air was suddenly rent by a high-pitched series of screams followed by the rhythmic rondo of sharp pok-pok chestbeats from a great silverbacked male obscured behind what seemed an impenetrable wall of vegetation. — Dian Fossey

I had this great urge... I had it the day I was born. Some may call it destiny. My parents and friends called it dismaying. — Dian Fossey

None of the three great apes is considered ancestral to modern man, Homo sapiens, but they remain the only other type of extant primate with which human beings share such close physical characteristics. From them we may learn much concerning the behavior of our earliest primate prototypes, because behavior, unlike bones, teeth, or tools, does not fossilize. — Dian Fossey

I had a wonderful contact, especially with Uncle Bert who was an angel and led the whole group over to my side of a steep ravine I could not cross to get over to them. — Dian Fossey

Life Lessons by Dian Fossey

1. Dian Fossey's work with mountain gorillas in Rwanda showed the importance of conservation and protecting endangered species.
2. Her dedication to protecting the gorillas and her research on their behavior and ecology helped to increase awareness of the need to protect wildlife and their habitats.
3. Her work demonstrated the importance of standing up for what you believe in and making a difference in the world.