Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons
Mauritius, the green and mountainous island in the Indian Ocean, was once the home of the ill-fated dodo, and by the 1970s it still had many unique but seriously endangered species. To rescue some of these creatures from extinction, Gerald Durrell spent uncomfortable nights in the jungle looking for bats and pink pigeons, and climbed near-vertical rock faces to find Telfair's skinks and Gunther's geckos, spending his spare time exploring the enchanted worlds of the coral reefs with their varied multicoloured marine life. By the end of his trip, he had an extraordinary collection of animals to take to his Jersey sanctuary from where the progen…
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- ISBN: 978-1-5098-2712-1
- EAN: 9781509827121
- Produktnummer: 19901503
- Verlag: Bello
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 154 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B13.3 cm x D0.8 cm 182 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 182
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Gerald Durrell was one of Britain's best loved authors and pioneering naturalists. His books, such as the bestselling My Family and Other Animals which celebrated its 60th Anniversary in 2016, continue to entertain generations of children and adults alike. The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust is an international conservation charity with headquarters in Jersey, UK.'A renegade who was right . . . He was truly a man before his time' - Sir David Attenborough
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