"We tried serenely to point out that it actually said “Confirmed” on our tickets, but he explained that “Confirmed” di…"

"[Mark Carwardine]’s role, essentially, was to be the one who knew what he was talking about. My role, and one for whi…"

"The aye-aye is a nocturnal lemur. It is a very strange-looking creature that seems to have been assembled from bits o…"

"Antananarivo is pronounced Tananarive, and for much of this century has been spelt that way as well. When the French …"

"It [seeing an aye-aye] was the kind of moment about which it is hard not to feel completely dizzy. Why? Because, I re…"

"I’m always very sympathetic when I hear people complaining that all they ever get on television or radio chat shows i…"

"There is in Melbourne a man who probably knows more about poisonous snakes than anyone else on earth. His name is Dr.…"

"“The most poisonous spider is the Sydney funnel web. We get about five hundred people a year bitten by spiders. A lot…"

"“So what do we do if we get bitten by something deadly, then?” I asked. He blinked at me as if I were stupid. “Well, …"

"The great thing about being the only species that makes a distinction between right and wrong is that we can make up …"