The Aye-Aye and I

simpatico, ironico come sanno essere ironici e autoironici gli inglesi quando sono simpatici, interessante. Ho riso parecchio, ho anche imparato parecchio, ci voleva dopo quella pizza immane appena terminata......more

Gerald Durrell travels to Madagascar with the intent to catch some creatures for conservation. That is, breeding program, with the goal of releasing endangered species back to the wild. Of course, provided that there is any habitat left. I fear that many exotic species will have their final years of......more

"Daba la impresión de tener en la mano cuatro diminutos guijarros recalentados por el sol, magníficamente erosionados y esculpidos por el viento y las olas. Lee estaba entusiasmada, admiraba el resplandor de sus ojos, como dos perlas de ónice engastadas en sus caritas inteligentes, la perfecta manic......more

This book was a surprise and delight! It was part travelogue and part a book about animals and conservation. I loved both aspects. Gerald Durrell, his wife Lee, and their crew head to Madagascar to find the elusive and endangered Aye Aye to they can begin a breeding program and bring it back from ex......more

Durrell books are always funny. This one, though, has a little more trouble than some maintaining that tone due to the level of peril the wildlife of Madagascar was and is in - plus several members of the crew trying to catch critters for the Jersey Zoo's breeding program having genuinely serious me......more