The aye-aye and I : a rescue mission in Madagascar

Durrell, Gerald, 1925-1995, author.

Book 1993

""In the gloom it came along the branches towards me - its round, hypnotic eyes blazing; its spoon-like ears turning to and fro independently like radar dishes; its white whiskers touching and moving like sensors; the thin, attenuated fingers on its black hands tapping delicately on the branches as it moved along, like those of a pianist playing a complicated piece by Chopin.""--BOOK JACKET. "Thus does Gerald Durrell - scientist, conservationist,...

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Aye-aye Madagascar

Captive wild animals Breeding Madagascar

Durrell, Gerald, 1925-1995 Travel Madagascar

Wildlife conservation Madagascar

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ISBN:

9781559702041
1559702044
0671884395

Edition:

First U.S. edition

Description:

175 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes index

Contents:

A Word in Advance
The Vanishing Lake
A Flood of Lemurs
An Interlude with Yniphora
Jumping Rats and Kapidolo
The Hunt Begins
Crystal Country and Beyond
Verity the Vespertine
The Soothsayer's Apprentices
The Arrival of the Aye-aye
The Flight of the Magic Finger

LCCN:

92023211

Control Number:

46511

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