‘Oh, god I hate camping. I hate it, so uncomfortable, so unnatural…’
“Extinction happens, and the world keeps turning. Does it really matter if the Amazonian manatee ceases to exist?
Some will argue that each species is a crucial part in a complex ecosystem.
Perhaps. But this is what I think; I think that it’s just indecent if humanity, through our actions or through our neglect, should cast into oblivion a piece of intricately perfect evolutionary engineering, millions of years in the making.
I think that somehow, we have to do better than that.” —
- Wildlife Expert: That snake there is about four feet
- Stephen Fry: Oh, I didn't know snakes had feet
Stephen Fry: You can feel it sort of pulling all around you, that’s so amazing!
Mark Carwardine: Oh, it’s great.
Stephen Fry: You also feel slightly like one of those Pompeii figures, caught in an attitude of… Here comes the volcano.
Stephen Fry: If I put my hat on… and then my hood over it, then I can move my head freely.
Mark Carwardine:… Are you sure?
Stephen Fry: See…
Mark Carwardine: Now move your head freely…
Stephen Fry:… OK, I may have got that wrong.
Mark Carwardine: We’ve got to go all the way up over the top of this hill, they call it. Mountain. We’ve got a long way to go, mustn’t complain.
Stephen Fry: I’m going to, though. Oh, yes. Go on without me, it’s fine. I’ll lie here and die.
Stephen Fry: Have you seen what I’m wearing? My whaling shorts… You see? Look…
