Jeremy Wade

Quotes by Jeremy Wade

• I try to sneak a bit of education into the entertainment. We don't preach to people, but we do try to give them very strong messages.

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• The arapaima, found in South America, has an elongated body and a head so bony that the male fish will sometimes kill each other with a nifty headbutt. It's believed to be the biggest freshwater fish in the world.

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• Fishermen can be very superstitious and sometimes you do find yourself thinking, this fish has got a curse on it, it's just not going to happen.

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• With 'River Monsters', I am the investigator: here's the crime scene, I talk to witnesses, I establish a suspects list, I narrow it down; here's the prime suspect, I go and arrest the prime suspect - who often doesn't want to come quietly.

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• I was on the Mekong River between the border of Thailand and Laos. I was there to find the elusive Mekong giant catfish but the border police were suspicious. Along with my film, they confiscated my passport and started making accusations about my political allegiances.

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• Most sharks can't tolerate freshwater but bull sharks have a quirk of their physiology that enables them to.

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• The most fascinating and satisfying encounter so far was the goliath tigerfish of the Congo. I first caught one in 1991, and then again while filming the second season of 'River Monsters' in 2009. Its appearance is quite unbelievable, like a giant piranha, with inch-long interlocking teeth.

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• A river without monsters is a scarier prospect because it means the water is unhealthy.

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• In an ideal world, you don't want creatures where they shouldn't be because there's always unintended consequences.

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• The human mind doesn't like a vacuum. We will populate that vacuum with the contents of our own head, and often that's scary stuff.

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• Lake Garda it's very different. The northern part of the lake is very much Loch Ness, deep sides, but as soon as you get into the south it opens out. You walk around, you see shallow waters, and you see weeds that should feed a small fish. You think, 'Ah, this is different'.

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