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.

He continued such excursions for many decades during which time he became famous for his work for wildlife conservation. Policy for zoos
Gerald Durrell was ahead of his time when he postulated the role that a 20th century zoo should play primarily in Stationary Ark.   (Foreword)


Books edited by Durrell
My Favourite Animal Stories (Arrow Books 1962)
In case of simultaneous releases in many countries the UK edition is referred to except for companion books to TV series where both the UK and US editions are referred to.

Gerald "Gerry" Malcolm Durrell OBE (7 January 1925 – 30 January 1995) was an English naturalist zookeeper conservationist author and television presenter. He was the youngest brother of the novelist Lawrence Durrell.