Gerald Durrell coated in lemurs
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Myself & Different Animals
Gerald Durrell (Viking)
The conservationist Gerald Durrell’s first canine, Simon, was a coward. To the honey-coloured cocker spaniel, a backyard hose was as lethal as a spitting cobra, and he as soon as went right into a nervous decline lasting a number of days after unexpectedly encountering a snowman.
It’s nuggets like this that make Durrell’s writings so interesting. Anthropomorphised as his descriptions of animals typically are, they mix eager remark with humour in a method that reveals simply how effectively he might perceive what made animals tick and learn how to carry them to life on the web page.…
