We stared at the odd garment and wondered what it was for. 'What is it?' asked Larry at length. 'It's a bathing costume, of course,' said Mother. 'What on earth did you think it was?' 'It looks like a badly skinned whale,' said Larry, peering at it closely. β¨ Gerald Durrell (2017). My Family and Other Animals, p.109, Penguin UK
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- All over the world the wildlife that I write about is in grave danger. It is being exterminated by what we call the progress of civilization.
- 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. β¨ Introd β¦ βΆ
- In conservation, the motto should always be 'never say die'. β¨ Gerald Durrell (1993). The Aye-aye and I: A Rescue Mission in Madagascar, p.161, Arcade Publishing
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