Science Quote by Jim Fowler

“Most of what you see now emphasizes animals being dangerous to humans” is less a zoological claim than a media diagnosis. Fowler, speaking as a scientist who spent his career translating wildlife into living-room spectacle, is flagging a shift in framing: from animals as complex co-inhabitants to animals as imminent threats. The key word is “now” - it implies an editorial turn, not a change in nature. Bears didn’t suddenly become more malicious; our stories about bears got tighter, louder, and more monetizable.

The intent feels corrective. Fowler isn’t romanticizing wildlife or denying risk; he’s pushing back against a cultural feedback loop where danger sells, fear travels, and the public’s mental image of “animal” becomes synonymous with “attack.” In that loop, the rare event becomes the representative one. A shark sighting becomes a moral panic. A coyote on a Ring camera becomes evidence of encroaching wilderness, even when it’s the opposite: suburban expansion pressing into habitat.

The subtext is about power and responsibility. Scientists, broadcasters, and platforms don’t just report nature; they manufacture the emotional weather around it. Emphasizing danger reassures humans of their centrality - we’re the protagonists, the animals are the antagonists - and it conveniently sidesteps harder conversations about why conflict is rising: habitat loss, climate stress, food waste, development. Fowler’s line reads like a warning: if we keep consuming nature as a jump-scare, we’ll end up managing wildlife through fear, not understanding.