For as long as he can remember, Ben Fogle has been
surrounded by creatures great and small. As a young boy
his best friends were Liberty and Lexington, the family
dogs. Then there was Milly the puma-sized cat, Jaws the
goldfish and three very 'charismatic' parrots, not to
mention a whole host of weird and wonderful animals that
came through the doors of his father's veterinary
practice. Then came Inca, Ben's adorable black Labrador,
who changed his life. Since first melting the nation's
heart on Castaway, the duo have been inseparable. With
Inca's help, Ben was soon charming worms and tickling
trout on Countryfile, minding the big cats on Animal
Park and fronting the BBC's coverage of Crufts. Ben's
passion for wildlife has taken him all over the world,
from the plains of Africa to the sea ice of Antarctica.
He has played with penguins, been chased by bull
elephant seals and tapirs, and helped operate on a
cheetah. He has given mud packs to rhinos, bathed with
elephants and risked life and limb diving with Nile
crocodiles, all the while campaigning tirelessly for
conservation, the environment and animal
welfare.Hair-raising, heart-breaking and wildly
entertaining, ''The Accidental Naturalist'' tells the
extraordinary true stories of Ben's amazing encounters
with animals and how they changed his life. |
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