Funnily enough, the most danger I felt was when I did a story about exotic animals kept as pets in America.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It was never physically dangerous except when I nearly fell off a horse, but it was physically arduous - especially when you were working late at night.
Once I was chased by the king of all scorpions. I have the most notorious animal stories.
Animals were my pets, and the thought of eating my pets freaked me out.
I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.
All over the world the wildlife that I write about is in grave danger. It is being exterminated by what we call the progress of civilization.
Some people think that I would be afraid of them, but I'm never, ever afraid of an animal. I just get excited, and some that are dangerous, I think, 'Ooh, what's going to happen?' and things like that.
In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.
It took a lot to understand that the interest in both writing a story and reading it is not in the objective dangers someone takes. You don't have to fight snakes or wake up in a strange apartment to have a story; it's about what goes on inside your mind and soul.
I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand.
I'd say the best is when I was in Africa, I saw a hippo in a house. Someone had a pet hippo. And they're meant to be one of the most dangerous animals on the planet, and they had one that was sort of just wandering in and out of their house, just sort of roaming about.