One nice thing about small animals is that often they have large eyes that glisten in the sun and make you want to single-handedly nurture them to adulthood, scurrying up trees and through riverbeds ...

Have you ever looked into a the soulful eyes of a dog or the steely, merciless peepers of a shark and thought, “I would follow you anywhere, if only you would lead.” Sometimes, they’ve done just that.