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The Bafut Beagles

by Gerald Durrell · 1954

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Young English zoologist Gerard Durrell returns to the Cameroons in West Central Africa in 1949 for another humorous and fascinating animal collecting expedition. Meet a frog with a coat of hair (which turns out not to be hair at all), full grown monkeys that fit inside a teacup, mice with wings, and many more of the species endemic to the Cameroons, not to mention the local ruler, the Fon of Bafut.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thistraveltravelMore like thisLess of thissciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
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humorhumorMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of this
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animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of thisnaturenatureMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1950s1950sMore like thisLess of thisCameroonCameroonMore like thisLess of thisAfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 202 pages

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