Vultures in the Hotel Continental. And Other Notes of a Zoo Director

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The book by Prague Zoo's director is concerned with extraordinary animals and people. Thanks to the engaging texts and unique photographs, you will be transported to get a behind the scenes look at the zoo and its history, you will visit African forests and the Mongolian deserts, but you will also stay at a pond in the Bohemian Paradise. Naturally, despite the title, the book by Prague Zoo's director, supplemented by many unique photographs, is not solely about vultures. Here is a random selection of at least some of the 58 A Green Magpie for My Professor - Kamba, our Gorilla Granny - On Patrol in the Gobi - An Antlion in the Mayonnaise - How a Giraffe Is Born - The Lake Titicaca Frog in Prague! - A Greeting from the First Ruler of the Seas - The Joyful Journey to Kordula - The Nonsensical Parrot - The Liberation of Our Anna from ‘Turkish Captivity' - The Polite Orangutan Pagy-Jarkovský - A Journey to the Bottom of Darwin Crater - Mrs Nutmeg, Mrs Aniseed, Mrs Laurel and Mr Sumac - Names for the Elephant Princesses