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My family and other animals review5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As he describes himself lying on his stomach on the ground for hours, watching a centipede mother and her nest of babies, you find yourself hanging on to every word. Durrell’s obsession with the natural world is infectious. In this book we discover new creatures on almost every page. Animal lovers should definitely check out his Wikipedia page to find out more about how he devoted his life to the natural world. Gerald Durrell was in his time a leading naturalist and conservationist, as well as an author and TV presenter, and he led many expeditions all over the world to study wildlife. ![]() After spending the war years back in England, Durrell became a keeper at Whipsnade Zoo, then aged just 22 he organised, financed and led an expedition to Cameroon. Before this they had lived in India and England, so his was not exactly your average upbringing. Not only do we become acquainted with his eccentric, very English family, we are also introduced to plenty of the locals: a mix of humans, animals, birds, insects and plant life.ĭurrell’s family moved to Corfu when he was 8 years old. My Family & Other Animals is, as hinted at by the title, a humorous, mostly autobiographical account of the author’s early years, which were spent in Corfu in the 1930s with his mother and three older siblings. ![]()
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