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Laurence Klauber
(21 Dec 1883 - 8 May 1968)
American herpetologist, engineer and inventor whose interest was rattlesnakes, studying their natural history and relationship to humans.
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Science Quotes by Laurence Klauber (1 quote)
It is almost a universal fact that the rattlesnake will do all that it reasonably can to avoid man. The rattler's first wish is to get away from anything as large and as potentially dangerous as man. If the snake strikes, it is because it is cornered or frightened for its own safety.
— Laurence Klauber
See also:
- 21 Dec - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Klauber's birth.
- Rattlesnakes, by Laurence Monroe Klauber. - book suggestion.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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