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Yes I have, have been to his zoo on Jersey.

ZOMG awesome!!!!!!!
was it - oh why bother of course it was good

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//

he sure did
read just about all his books and I have more than 3/4 of them, I;m pretty sure, always collecting more though
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 )

Jayburd wrote:Yep love david attenborough, missed meeting him when he was in Oz by 1 HOUR!!! frustrating. anyone else ever heard of Gerald Durrell? My Idol wish I could have met him... might visit his zoo one day

Jayburd wrote:he sure did
read just about all his books and I have more than 3/4 of them, I;m pretty sure, always collecting more though
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 )

Are you my alter ego?
Seriously, I'm surprised ANYONE younger than me has heard of Gerald Durrell.
I'm a big fan of The Bafut Beagles myself.
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?

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.

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

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 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!

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)
LML