内容简介
Sometimesit'sprettyhardtotellthemapart...myfamilyandtheanimals,thatis.Idon'tknowwhymybrothersandsisterscomplainsomuch.Withsnakesinthebathandscorpionsonthelunchtable,ourhouse,ontheislandofCorfu,isabitlikeacircus.Sotheyshouldfeelrightathome...
作者简介
GeraldDurrell(1925-1995)movedfromEnglandtoCorfuwithhisfamilyattheageofeight.Hespentmuchofhistimestudyingtheisland'swildlife,andsurprisinghisfamilybykeepinglotsofveryunusualpetsinveryunexpectedplaces.Hegrewuptobeafamousnaturalistandconservationalist,leadingexpeditionstoexoticplacessuchasArgentina,SierraLeone,AssamandMadagascar.OverhislifetimehepresentedmanyTVshows,andwrote37books,includingMYFAMILYANDOTHERANIMALSanditstwosequels,BIRDS,BEASTSANDRELATIVESandTHEGARDENOFTHEGODS.HefoundedJerseyZooin1959asacentrefortheconservationofendangeredspecies,andin1963hecreatedtheJerseyWildlifePreservationTrust-laterrenamedDurrellWildlifeConservationTrust-ofwhichhiswifeLeeisstillHonoraryDirector.HewasawardedtheOBEin1982.