The Overloaded Ark Author:Gerald M. Durrell In this book you will meet (among others) such diverting characters as two notably unheroic native hunters, some lovable duikers, a fabulously ingratiating chimpanzee named Chumley, and a giant water shrew known as the Fossil That Bit. It is Mr. Durrell's gift that he makes the reader actually share his excitement and delight. Durrell writes w... more »ith humor and sympathetic understanding of animals he collected and the natives with whom he worked. His creatures are as alive as his style. Mr. Durrell never has a dull moment while there is a living thing in sight.« less