“If nothing else, I was a predator - and predators could sense fear.”

“Every time we exterminate a predator, we are in a sense creating a new predator.”

“Fear is the venom impact of predator sting, causing prey not to be focus on the survival.”

“It’s like there is this predator energy on this planet, and this predator energy feeds on the essence of the spirit.”

“Deer needed predators to trim their numbers and keep them from destroying their environment, he said. To do away with predators such as wolves was tantamount to "ecological murder," with far-reaching consequences both to deer and their habitat. "I now suspect that just as a deer herd lives in mortal fear of its wolves, so does a mountain live in mortal fear of its deer.”

“...as zookeepers, the Zabinskis understood both vigilance and predators; in a swamp of vipers, one planned every footstep. Shaped by the gravity of wartime, it wasn't always clear who or what could be considered outside or inside, loyal or turncoat, predator or prey.”