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Toads and tortoises, bats and butterflies, scorpions and geckos, ladybugs, praying mantises, octopuses, pigeons, and gulls are only some of the animals lovingly described in Durrell's classic tale of his childhood island home.'-JacketĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 22:52:20 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA1120205 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary External-identifier Water snakes recuperate from heat stroke in the bathtub, matchboxes are filled with scorpions, and a pair of rowdy magpies make short order of everything from elaborate dinner spreads to Lawrence's prized manuscript to the patience of the family puppies, Widdle and Puke. Many hilarious mishaps ensue as each of Gerry's new animal friends is installed in the family villa.

Through glorious silver-and-green olive groves and across brilliant tusk-white beaches, ten-year-old Gerry, the youngest of the four Durrell children, pursues his interest in natural history with a joyful passion, revealing the engrossing hidden world of the island's fauna. This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor agony before going online.Īny errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.'When the Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do what any sensible family would do: sell their house and relocate to the sun-soaked Greek island of Corfu. We hope that you will be grateful for having been born into such a magical world.' - Gerald Durrell, from the inscription on a time capsule buried at Jersey Zoo in 1988. We hope that there will still be the extraordinary varieties of creatures sharing the land of the planet with you to enchant you and enrich your lives as they have done for us. We hope that your dawns will have an orchestra of bird song and that the sound of their wings and the opalescence of their colouring will dazzle you. 'We hope that there will be fireflies and glow-worms at night to guide you and butterflies in hedges and forests to greet you. Thank you for taking my quiz on 'My Family and Other Animals.' In 'Fierce Creatures,' a zoo director decides that in order to boost profits, only deadly animals would be featured at the zoo.

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