"When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride, He shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside. But the she-bear thus accosted rends the peasant tooth and nail. For the female of the species is more deadly than the male."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Rudyard Kipling, "The Female of the Species: A Study in Natural History", st. 1, in The Morning Post (20 October 1911)
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bears
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Bears
19 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Bears →
Related Quotes
"The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the …"
"O, she will sing the savageness out of a bear!"
"This is the chase: I am gone for ever. [Exit, pursued by a bear.]"
"(After scaring a bear by roaring at it) Yeah, that's right! Keep running, Boo-Boo! Overgrown furball."
"Bears kill bees! How'd you like his big, hairy head crashing through your living room?! Bitin' into your couch! Spitt…"
"And he went up from thence unto : and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city…"
"The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators."
"Magnificent bears of the Sierra are worthy of their magnificent homes. They are not companions of men, but children o…"
"Bears are made of the same dust as we, and breathe the same winds and drink of the same waters. A bear's days are war…"
"I have camped where the grizzly bears were plentiful. It is nice that they are on the planet and all that, but I pref…"