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Poll ended at 17 Dec 2010, 20:46

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Diane
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Yes I have, have been to his zoo on Jersey.
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Jayburd
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:shock: :o ZOMG awesome!!!!!!!
was it - oh why bother of course it was good :lol:
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Diane
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It was a long time ago, when my daughter was quite young we had a holiday on Jersey so probably about 1978.
He relied on a lot of sponsorship of animals, but as an individual he did more than most.
Webcams on Jersey Zoo
http://www.durrell.org/Home/Webcams//
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he sure did :D
read just about all his books and I have more than 3/4 of them, I;m pretty sure, always collecting more though :D
nothing has ever made me laugh more than his book 'three singles to adventure' (a true story about his collecting trip to Guiana, Brazil etc. and especially a small town known as Adventure :D )
Julian

Birdwatcher and finch-keeper.

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Jayburd wrote:Yep :D love david attenborough, missed meeting him when he was in Oz by 1 HOUR!!! frustrating. anyone else ever heard of Gerald Durrell? My Idol :soppy: wish I could have met him... might visit his zoo one day :)
Jayburd wrote:he sure did :D
read just about all his books and I have more than 3/4 of them, I;m pretty sure, always collecting more though :D
nothing has ever made me laugh more than his book 'three singles to adventure' (a true story about his collecting trip to Guiana, Brazil etc. and especially a small town known as Adventure :D )
:shock: Are you my alter ego? :shock:
Seriously, I'm surprised ANYONE younger than me has heard of Gerald Durrell. :clap:
I'm a big fan of The Bafut Beagles myself. :lol:
I went to Jersey Zoo, AKA the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust last year and spent 3 weeks there on the Endangered Species Recovery course. Jealous much? :twisted:

Anyway, as for the footage from The Life of Birds, I have studied it closely and have come to the conclusion that the glow you see was 'painted on' in post production and not as a result of any special lighting. Sorry to disappoint.

PS. Jay, PM me your list of Durrell titles. I have a few doubles which might just be ones you need.
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yeah it all started when mum read me ''my family and other animals"
MadHatter wrote:'m a big fan of The Bafut Beagles myself.
haha yeah one of my favs :D
MadHatter wrote:I went to Jersey Zoo, AKA the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust last year and spent 3 weeks there on the Endangered Species Recovery course. Jealous much?
*returns to floor after momentary trip of it* ...YES!
yeah I kind of suspected as much after shining a UV light on my zebras for hours :purplex: oh well
MadHatter wrote:PS. Jay, PM me your list of Durrell titles. I have a few doubles which might just be ones you need.
awesome! thanks MH!
Julian

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Loved "my family and other animals" strange upbringing, but it made him who he is. (before that I had though we were a little eccentric)
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