If naturalists go to heaven (about which there is considerable ecclesi…

Gerald Durrell
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If naturalists go to heaven (about which there is considerable ecclesiastical doubt), I hope that I will be furnished with a troop of kakapo to amuse me in the evening instead of television. ✨ Introduction by Gerald Durrell to David Butler's book Quest for the Kakapo (p. 6), 1989.
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If naturalists go to heaven (about which there is considerable ecclesiastical doubt), I hope that I will be furnished with a troop of kakapo to amuse me in the evening instead of television. ✨ Introduction by Gerald Durrell to David Butler's book Quest for the Kakapo (p. 6), 1989.

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