“And what of Nature itself, you say – that callous and cruel engine, red in tooth and fang? Well, it is not so much of an engine as you think. As for "red in tooth and fang," whenever I hear the phrase or its intellectual echoes I know that some passer-by has been getting life from books.”

Source: The Outermost House: A Year of Life On The Great Beach of Cape Cod

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American writer 1888–1968

David G. Haskell (1950) writer, Biologist

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“Mother nature is a brutal, red in tooth and claw, who destroys what she creates.”

Ernest Becker book The Denial of Death

The Denial of Death (1973)

“Fang: When do I get out of here?
Max: They say a week.
Fang: So, like, tomorrow?
Max: That's what I'm thinking.”

James Patterson (1947) American author

Source: School's Out—Forever

“Fang, fang. I love you. I looooove you. I love you thiiiiiiiiiis much!”

James Patterson (1947) American author

“Many city-dwellers have a romanticized conception of the living world. From another perspective, some "conservation biologists" favour e.g. "Pleistocene rewilding". By contrast, I think any truly compassionate person should be horrified at the terrible suffering of Nature "red in tooth and claw."”

David Pearce (philosopher) (1959) British transhumanist

Why not aim for a cruelty-free world instead?<br><br>" Interview with Pensata Animal https://www.hedweb.com/hedethic/interviewoct2009.html", Pensata Animal, 25 Oct. 2009