Chomp Man vs. Nature Quotes

One way to develop respect for nature is to love it. Mickey loves to watch and communicate with wild animals, especially snakes. He has had contact with snakes from a young age, and been able to freely explore the creatures and their ways.

The first step toward environmental stewardship is loving animals and nature. Derek seems to never have made a close connection with another animal before—otherwise he would know how people feel about pets, and that when you love something/someone, you want to call them by a name.

Mickey took Derek aside before this scene and showed him how to handle the snake with safety and thoughtfulness, but Derek didn't even listen. It is clear that he doesn't think Beulah has feelings or a right to be treated with dignity.

Derek fully intends to use Alice to make himself appear brave, strong, and wicked cool without thinking at all about how his plans might affect the gator, not to mention her caretakers. Doesn't he realize that this "bronco" has a full set of knife-sharp teeth?

Doesn't Derek understand anything about how animals work? Maybe he thinks Mickey can call up the cheetah down the way on his cell and tell him to pop on over for a bite?

One thing that Chomp shows us is that people who don't spend any time in nature can't even tell when an animal is alive or dead. Yowza.

Mickey is a born nature enthusiast, but he has some work to do on relating to others. With animals, Mickey doesn't have to watch what he says, only the ways he moves and such… which is good since he doesn't think before he speaks.

Tuna memorizes the Latin names of animals to occupy her mind with a difficult task, not to get to know the creatures she can identify. But engaging with nature this way makes her an expert at IDing a large number of species out in the world.

Here, Tuna sees a python killing a bird. When she finally comes in contact with raw wildness, it startles her. The first thing she wants to do is interact with nature through a book, which is her habit. How does reality compare with what is on TV?

Even though Tuna knows what is written about animals more than she knows real animals, this kind of knowledge about nature is also really useful and shows respect. She has spent a lot of time and energy trying to understand nature more fully, even if mostly through books.