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stumbling upon this title while searching Reddit for a light, fun read. For once, Reddit delivered! This was a delight! Durrell is often spoken of as the father of modern zoological conservation efforts. This book chronicles one his trips to Cameroon to collect animals, in the hopes of starting his own zoo in Europe and studying ways to help these creatures thrive in the wild. Durrell befriends the Fon of Bafut and a host of locals to help in ...more
stumbling upon this title while searching Reddit for a light, fun read. For once, Reddit delivered! This was a delight! Durrell is often spoken of as the father of modern zoological conservation efforts. This book chronicles one his trips to Cameroon to collect animals, in the hopes of starting his own zoo in Europe and studying ways to help these creatures thrive in the wild. Durrell befriends the Fon of Bafut and a host of locals to help in ...more
"The true and hilarious story of how Gerald Durrell and his wife set up their own zoo.
"Journeying to the Cameroons he and his wife, helped by the renowned Fon of Bafut, managed to collect 'plenty beef.' Their difficulties began when they found themselves back home, with Cholmondely (Chumley Sinjin) the chimpanzee, Bug-eye the bush-baby, and other founder-members ... and nowhere to put them."
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Imho that's a rather misleading synopsis of this book; most of it is devoted to tales of the e ...more
"Journeying to the Cameroons he and his wife, helped by the renowned Fon of Bafut, managed to collect 'plenty beef.' Their difficulties began when they found themselves back home, with Cholmondely (Chumley Sinjin) the chimpanzee, Bug-eye the bush-baby, and other founder-members ... and nowhere to put them."
~~back cover
Imho that's a rather misleading synopsis of this book; most of it is devoted to tales of the e ...more
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