# Humans Are Not the Measure of Animal Lives by Carl Safina > “We are not the measuring stick for [other animals’] lives.” > **— Carl Safina**, *Beyond Words: Carl Safina, Rutgers faculty interview* ## Sources and Context - **Original publication:** [Beyond Words: Carl Safina](https://sebsnjaesnews.rutgers.edu/2016/04/beyond-words-carl-safina-gsnb-82-87/) — Rutgers faculty interview; Brackets identify the animals Safina is discussing in the preceding Rutgers paragraph; the source's speech-tag comma is light punctuation at the poster boundary. - **Exact original wording:** “We are not the measuring stick for their lives,” - **Editorial clarification:** Square brackets in the poster resolve a source antecedent. The unmodified words appear immediately above. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Insect World of Intelligence and Mind-Control Parasitism|The Insect World of Intelligence and Mind-Control Parasitism]] - **Article:** [[articles/Project Hail Mary and Other Intelligences|Project Hail Mary and Other Intelligences]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Human Animality|Human Animality]] - [[wiki/Nonhuman Personhood|Nonhuman Personhood]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “We are not the measuring stick for [other animals’] lives.” — Carl Safina, Beyond Words: Carl Safina https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-carl-safina-humans-not-measure-animal-lives ```