"Brickner has the rare ability to capture an animal’s thought process and personality so well that we suddenly experience them as individuals and fellow beings."
Richard Milner, Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History.
"Marian takes the time to know her subjects thoroughly. That’s what makes her photographs so expressive,”
Bob Merz. Zoological Manager Invertebrates St. Louis Zoo
Common Burying Beetle with mites. The mites are only on there to get a ride to the next meal. They get off and eat and then get back on!
"My students loved your presentation, (about bonobos)which stimulated their curiosity and sense of wonder. At the same time, you challenged some of their conventional ideas about how animals think and behave. (Not so very different from us, are they?)"
Dr. Penjamin C. Pykles, Assistant Professor Department of Anthrolology, SUNY Potsdam.
