Barbara Caplan Quotes

I was found nothing! ... But the turning point for me was joining the Herpetologists League of Connecticut.

My family was helping to manage my Dad`s construction company, ... So next thing I know in 1997, I`m a New Englander again! And with the woods and the call of wild; I decided to give it a second chance.

She`s like a sponge: she soaks up everything that is being said, ... We talk about nature all the time, and we read to her three to four books every night; books on amphibians, reptiles, but also other books on other topics are mixed in there.

They confided in me and brought me to places that most people weren`t allowed to go, ... Many times the places I go to on the show I can`t tell people where they are.

I got my driver`s license, got interested in the opposite sex, and I wanted to get as far away from nature as possible, ... So I moved out of state, and pretty much pronounced New England dead.

I would spend days looking for these creatures, and of course I wanted to spend time with my wife Eva and my daughter Daphne, so I take them with me,

From the point forward, the camera has been in my hand up until today, ... From studying art photography at Southern University, I`ve gone from color, to black and white, and now gradually to digital.

My Dad used to bring home turtles he found on construction sites, ... I fell in love with turtles and snakes, and couldn`t get enough of it.

People have been known to go down with pillowcases, capture snakes and sell them on EBay, ... But they trusted me that all I want to do is make people aware of the precious wildlife we have.

Of course, we probably should have left them where they were, ... But when we`d bring them home, they`d lay eggs, and next thing you know we`d have baby turtles running around. I love nature and wildlife, and it`s always been a part of my family.