Animals & Pets
Life At The Zoo: Notes And Traditions Of The Regent's Park Gardens
Charles John Cornish · narrated by LibriVox volunteers
9h 30m$1.99
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Step through the gates of Victorian London's most famous zoo. Charles John Cornish, a keen naturalist and delightful storyteller, shares the daily life of the Regent's Park gardens: the personalities of lions and elephants, the keepers' traditions, the puzzles of feeding and housing creatures from every continent. Written in 1895, it captures a world of wonder before wildlife documentaries existed. Animal lovers will relish these behind-the-scenes stories from the zoo that defined what a zoo could be.
Inside this audiobook
40 chapters
- 1Preface2m
- 2The Zoo In A Frost21m
- 3The Ghosts Of The Tropical Forest12m
- 4The Butterfly Farm At The Zoo15m
- 5Patterns On Living Animals15m
- 6The Giraffe's Obituary16m
- 7The Electric Eel12m
- 8Deep-Sea Lamps12m
- 9The Lion House At The Zoo26m
- 10Diving Birds At The Zoo16m
- 11Tame Divers7m
- 12The Quest For The Wild Horse13m
- 13Aesthetics At The Zoo: The Animal Sense Of Beauty17m
- 14Aesthetics At The Zoo: Scents And Sounds10m
- 15Orpheus At The Zoo: The First Visit14m
- 16Orpheus At The Zoo: The Second Visit14m
- 17Orpheus At The Zoo: The Choice Of Instruments13m
- 18Talking Birds12m
- 19Elephant Life In England27m
- 20Wanted -- A New Meat14m
- 21An Experiment In Animal Preservation12m
- 22'Jamrach's'24m
- 23Expression In The Animal Eye13m
- 24London Bears17m
- 25Young Animals At The Zoo20m
- 26Animal Colouring12m
- 27Wild-Cats At The Zoo19m
- 28The Speech Of Monkeys13m
- 29Rare And Beautiful Monkeys12m
- 30The Larger Monkeys14m
- 31Lizards And Crocodiles At The Zoo11m
- 32From The Animals' Point Of View13m
- 33Possible Pets14m
- 34The Paris Zoological Gardens In The Two Sieges9m
- 35Other Beasts Of Burden15m
- 36The Soldier's Camel15m
- 37The Canadian Beaver12m
- 38The Temper Of Animals12m
- 39Criminal Animals14m
- 40A Year At The Zoo12m
