Quote and Picture of the Day - 1 April 2009

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. I have only begun to learn content and peace of mind since I have resolved at all risks to do this.

Thomas Henry Huxley

Letter to Charles Kingsley

23 September 1860

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Children (Homo sapiens) and Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla).

London Zoo, 6 Sep 2008

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As soon as you have anything to do with the gorilla the fascination of studying him begins to grow on you and you instinctively begin to speak of the gorilla as "he" in a human sense, for he is obviously as well as scientifically akin to man. - Carl Akeley

Love the image - the Gorilla looks exactly like an adult lying down and playing with the children, taking a brief glimpse at the guy with the camera.