I live and work alone and travel light, relying largely on my memory and making a point of letting intuition guide my way. Lyall Watson guideintuitionlargely Change image and share on social
I have had close relationships with three species of wild pigs, each a chance encounter on a different continent, and all continue to enrich my life in surprising ways. Lyall Watson chanceclosecontinent Change image and share on social
The limits of sensory evolution in fish are defined very largely by their habitat. Water is physically supportive, carries some kinds of odour well, and is kind to sound - letting it travel several times faster than air will allow, but it inhibits other more personal kinds of communication. Lyall Watson aircarrycommunication share on social
Seriously, a smaller, leaner, cleaner, tuskless and more secretive elephant is exactly what is needed. It definitely would live longer. Lyall Watson cleanelephantlean Change image and share on social
Breathing air is a liberating experience. It freed our ancestors from the constraints of staying wet or having to remain within easy reach of water for refuge, respiration or reproduction. But the biggest change it made in our lives was to expose us to a whole new range of sensory experience. Lyall Watson airancestorbig share on social
If elephants didn't exist, you couldn't invent one. They belong to a small group of living things so unlikely they challenge credulity and common sense. Lyall Watson belongchallengecommon Change image and share on social
Smell was our first sense. It is even possible that being able to smell was the stimulus that took a primitive fish and turned a small lump of olfactory tissue on its nerve cord into a brain. We think because we smelled. Lyall Watson braincordfish share on social
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. Lyall Watson brainsimpleunderstand Change image and share on social
Even the cleanest air, at the centre of the South Pacific or somewhere over Antarctica, has two hundred thousand assorted bits and pieces in every lungful. And this count rises to two million or more in the thick of the Serengeti migration, or over a six-lane highway during rush hour in downtown Los Angeles. Lyall Watson airangelesantarctica share on social
Smell is a long-distance sense, a way of stretching time and finding out in advance what lies ahead. Lyall Watson advanceaheaddistance Change image and share on social