鈥淭he whalers seem to be getting more erratic in the way they operate. They pointed a harpoon at one of our inflatables today and made out as if they were going to fire it.鈥�
Greenpeace expedition leader Shane Rattenbury on a recent attempt to thwart Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean (Japan Times, 8 January)
鈥淎s these people realise their current activities are having little effect on us conducting our research, we believe that they will become more desperate and possibly board one of our vessels.鈥�
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Hiroshi Hatanaka, director-general of Japan鈥檚 Institute of Cetacean Research, commenting on the Greenpeace expedition (Japan Times, 8 January)
鈥淚n the tests I鈥檝e done, about 80 to 90 per cent are 鈥榤ad鈥� scientists.鈥�
Christopher Frayling, head of the UK鈥檚 Royal College of Art, on what primary school children draw when asked to depict a scientist (BBC online, 9 January)
鈥淥nce they discover that they can eat people they get quite bold. They are even breaking into people鈥檚 houses and pulling them out.鈥�
Ecologist Craig Packer on African lions that conservationists are trying to protect, but which are increasingly attacking humans in Tanzania and Mozambique (Reuters, 10 January)
鈥淪aliva attacks and predigests food of a variety of chemical make-ups. We use that enzyme action to our advantage in the cleaning of art.鈥�
Helen Ingalls of the Smithsonian American Art Museum on how spit is used on some of the nation鈥檚 greatest treasures (Washington Post, 10 January)