# Quote — Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life

> The more of their surroundings that hyphae can touch, the more they can consume. The difference between animals and fungi is simple: Animals put food in their bodies, whereas fungi put their bodies in the food.

- Author: [Merlin Sheldrake](https://www.leafyquotes.com/merlin-sheldrake.md)
- Book: [Entangled Life](https://www.leafyquotes.com/merlin-sheldrake/entangled-life.md)
- Page: 51
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Merlin_Sheldrake#Entangled_Life:_How_Fungi_Make_Our_Worlds,_Change_Our_Minds_%26_Shape_Our_Futures_(2020)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/merlin-sheldrake/entangled-life/the-more-of-their

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> Tricked out of our expectations, we fall back on our senses. What’s astonishing is the gulf between what we expect to find and what we find when we actually look.

p. 14 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/merlin-sheldrake/entangled-life/tricked-out-of-our.md)

> It is no longer possible to conceive of any organism—humans included—as distinct from the microbial communities they share a body with.

p. 91 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/merlin-sheldrake/entangled-life/it-is-no-longer.md)

> Fermentation is domesticated decomposition—rot rehoused.

p. 206 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/merlin-sheldrake/entangled-life/fermentation-is-domesticated.md)