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Gerald Durrell – brytyjski pisarz, zoolog, konserwator przyrody, propagator wiedzy przyrodniczej i prezenter telewizyjny. Założyciel The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust oraz ogrodu zoologicznego na wyspie Jersey, obecnie przemianowanego na Durrell Wildlife. Autor popularnych książek o zwierzętach, w których zawarł elementy autobiograficzne. Odznaczony Orderem Imperium Brytyjskiego.

Gerard przyszedł na świat w rodzinie niezbyt przywiązanej do stałego miejsca zamieszkania. Pierwsze lata swego życia spędził w Indiach, potem jakiś czas Durrellowie mieszkali w Anglii, aby wreszcie na dłużej osiedlić się na greckiej wyspie Korfu. Podczas tego pobytu Gerald na własną rękę poznawał miejscową florę i faunę oraz hodował całkiem sporą gromadę zwierzaków. Z wiekiem nie porzucił młodzieńczych fascynacji. Ukończył studia zoologiczne i już jako dwudziestodwulatek zorganizował, sfinansował i poprowadził ekspedycję do Kamerunu. Kolejne wyprawy zaprowadziły go do Gujany Brytyjskiej, Paragwaju i Argentyny. Zawsze jednak lubił powracać wspomnieniami do Korfu, a co najważniejsze, wspomnienia te zabawnie spisał w książkach: Moja rodzina i inne zwierzęta, Moje ptaki, zwierzaki i krewni oraz Ogród bogów.

Najmłodszy brat powieściopisarza Lawrence’a Durrella.

✵ 7. Styczeń 1925 – 30. Styczeń 1995
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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.”

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Introduction to Quest for the Kakapo (1989) by David Butler, p. 6

“"Air! Air!" croaked Kralefsky, "Give me air!"
"Interesting," said Colonel Ribbindane. "Saw a pygmy like that once in the Congo… been trapped in an elephant’s stomach. The elephant is the largest African quadruped.."
"Do get him out," said Mother agitatedly. "Get some brandy."
"Fan him! Blow on him!" shrilled Margo, and burst into tears. "He’s dying, he’s dying, and he never finished his trick."”

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Gerald Durrell książka Fauna and Family

On a magic trick shown by family friends
The Garden of the Gods (1978)

“You are not necessarily depriving him of his liberty, for territory is a form of natural cage and the word "liberty" does not have the same connotation for an animal as it does for a chest-beating liberal homo sapiens, who can afford the luxury of abstract ideas. What you are, in fact, doing is much more important, you are taking away his territory, so you must take great care to provide him with an adequate substitute, or you will get a bored, sick or dead animal on your hands.
The thing that turns a cage into a territory may be something quite slight, but it need not be size. It might be the shape of the cage, the number of branches or the lack of them, the absence or presence of a pond, a patch of sand, a chunk of log, which could make all the difference. Such a detail, trivial to the uninformed visitor, can help the animal consider this area his territory, rather than simply a place where he ekes out his existence. As I say it is not necessarily size which is of prime importance. This is where people who criticise zoos go wrong, for they generally have little idea what circumscribed lives most animals lead.”

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The Stationary Ark (1976)

“Right in the Heart of the African Jungle a small white man lives. Now there is one extraordinary fact about him that he is the frind of all animals.”

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Written by Durrell at age ten (1935), from Gerald Durrell: An Authorized Biography by Douglas Botting (1999), p. 43, ISBN 0-786-70655-4

“The purpose of keeping any collection of wild animals in confinement should be threefold; first, to conduct as complete as possible a biological study of every species, especially those aspects which are too difficult or too costly to study in the wild and which may help in the preservation of that species in its natural habitat; second, to aid severely endangered species by setting up, under ideal conditions, protected breeding groups and, eventually, a reintroduction programme, so helping to ensure their future survival; thirdly, by the display and explanation of this work to the public, to persuade people of the vital necessity and urgency for the overall conservation of nature.”

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The Stationary Ark (1976)

“And now, ladies and gentlemen, I present the famous escape artists, Krafty Kralefsky and his partner, Slithery Stephanides.”

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"Dear God," said Larry, "who thought of those names?" "Theodore" "They wanted to call it something much more....complex, but Margo couldn't be trusted to pronounce them properly" "One must be thankful for small mercies"
The Garden of the Gods (1978)

“A sparrow can be as interesting as a bird of paradise, the behaviour of a mouse as interesting as that of a tiger. Our planet is beautifully intricate, brimming over with enigmas to be solved and riddles to be unravelled.”

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