The Overloaded Ark Author:Gerald Durrell Six month adventure in the Rain Forest. The Rain forests of the British Cameroons contain such exotic forms of African wildlife as the putty nose guenon, the superb sunbird, the flap-necked chameleon, the pygmy Kingfisher and the giant water shrew. To collect living specimens of such creatures for English zoos Durrell and Yelland sailed for thei... more »r first glimpse of Equatorial Africa. It is a beautifully written book filled with zest and enthusiasm and courage, and the impact and freshness of first contact with a new continent.« less