[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

” I love you bear!” Chomp Chomp Chomp. My cynical treatment of animal lovers is their apparent total inability to realize large predators are dangerous. Most of us have lived so long in cities we forget about the danger posed by large animals. The hippo is more dangerous than the lion. Giraffes bite. Common sense has fled. I have a tough time sympathizing with the death of people consciously placing themselves in dangerous proximity to wild animals.

[Talisker]

As I said, in that particular case I think you’re over- generalizing about animal lovers. The guy in question did serious work and broke new ground in behavioral and communication studies before he was killed.