- Began spelling his name without the "e" in sixth grade as a way to distinguish himself from the other Daves in his classroom. It is spelled with a long "a" accent over the "a", but most keyboards and fonts can't support it.
- In 1998, he almost lost his life fighting poachers on a protected sea turtle nesting beach in Costa Rica. He and his fellow conservationists were outnumbered by the poachers by almost ten-to-one. The machete and pistol armed poachers trapped the conservationists in the ruins of the research facility they burnt down three weeks earlier. The siege lasted almost six hours before the federal police came and held off the poachers long enough for them to escape.
- Is an avid outdoorsman and is a big advocate of wildlife conservation.
- Breeds snakes as a hobby. He specializes in Bullsnakes and Ball Pythons.
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