Adventures of a Young Naturalist: The Zoo Quest Expeditions

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In 1954, David Attenborough, a young television presenter, used to be offered the potential for a life-time–to shuttle the world finding rare and elusive animals for the London Zoo’s collection, and to film the expedition for the BBC for a new show known as Zoo Quest.

This is the story of those voyages. Staying with local tribes even as trekking searching for giant anteaters in Guyana, Komodo dragons in Indonesia, and armadillos in Paraguay, he and the remainder of the team contended with cannibal fish, aggressive tree porcupines, and escape-artist wild pigs, in addition to treacherous terrain and unpredictable weather, to record the unbelievable beauty and biodiversity of these regions.

Written with his trademark wit and charm, Adventures of a Young Naturalist is not just the story of a remarkable adventure, but of the man who made us fall in love with the natural world and taught us the importance of protecting it–and who is still doing so today.

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