Zoo in My Luggage
- By: Gerald Durrell
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Duration: 5:23:58
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**A Zoo in My Luggage** is the **colourful**, first-hand account of **Gerald Durrell's** six-month animal-collecting trip in **British Cameroon**, and his attempts to create his own **zoo**. Motivated by a passion for **wildlife**, and a desire to save **endangered species** from extinction, Durrell assembles a glorious panoply of **exotic animals** - including a **female baboon** called **Georgina**, who later runs amok in a department store; a **black-eared squirrel**, who tries to bury nuts in his ear; and a gentlemanly **chimpanzee** named **Chumly**, who greets him with an outstretched hand. Aided by the Fon of Bafut, who houses the collection (and hosts many long and lively parties), Durrell amasses more than **250 animals**. He struggles to find a home for the animals back in England, until a stroke of luck leads him to Jersey, and the eventual founding of **Durrell Wildlife Park** (now **Jersey Zoo**).
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**A Zoo in My Luggage** is the **colourful**, first-hand account of **Gerald Durrell's** six-month animal-collecting trip in **British Cameroon**, and his attempts to create his own **zoo**. Motivated by a passion for **wildlife**, and a desire to save **endangered species** from extinction, Durrell assembles a glorious panoply of **exotic animals** - including a **female baboon** called **Georgina**, who later runs amok in a department store; a **black-eared squirrel**, who tries to bury nuts in his ear; and a gentlemanly **chimpanzee** named **Chumly**, who greets him with an outstretched hand. Aided by the Fon of Bafut, who houses the collection (and hosts many long and lively parties), Durrell amasses more than **250 animals**. He struggles to find a home for the animals back in England, until a stroke of luck leads him to Jersey, and the eventual founding of **Durrell Wildlife Park** (now **Jersey Zoo**).
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