- CPO Fred Twining: [trying to catch one of the small creatures with two dinner plates] What if it jumps?
- Bob Spaulding: Jump higher.
- Nora Hall: If that tree was planted at the warm springs, how did it get here?
- Dr. Arthur Beecham: In plain English, it walked here.
- Nora Hall: It's hard to imagine. Carnivorous trees that move on their own roots.
- Dr. Arthur Beecham: Not carnivorous. Omnivorous. All-devouring. Our bogey has no class at all. He'll eat anything, even other trees.
- Bob Spaulding: What would create a monster like that?
- Dr. Arthur Beecham: Antarctica. A place where the nights are six months long.