- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Villard; Reprint edition (Oct 12 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0812967909
- ISBN-13: 978-0812967906
- Product Dimensions: 13.2 x 1.9 x 20.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 281 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #727,529 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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What do you do if you are a rebellious teen whose stepmother, fed up with both your pet snakes and your attitude, tells you that you belong in a zoo? If it is 1954 and you live near the Bronx Zoo, you get yourself a job as an animal keeper in the reptile house. Brazaitis followed just this course in his youth, and the story of his eventual rise to superintendent of reptiles at the Bronx Zoo and later curator of animals at the Central Park Wildlife Center makes for exciting reading. His stories of people, animals, politics, and adventures at the zoo and abroad are irresistible. Whether describing his first time catching a venomous snake, helping the New York police in capturing numerous dangerous snakes from an apartment in which two people had died, or assisting federal agents in discovering drugs shipped in containers full of poisonous snakes (and sometimes shipped inside the snakes), Brazaitis' lively prose takes the reader right into the heart of the action. Nancy Bent
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“My travels have taken me from the deep forests of West Africa in search of giant frogs, to Amazonian forests and the endless grasslands of the Mato Grosso of Brazil, to the mangrove swamps and giant crocodiles of the western Pacific islands. This book is a chronicle of my experiences, trials, and tribulations. I would not trade a single one of them away, for never have any two days in my life been the same, or boring or mundane.”
—from the Introduction
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—from the Introduction
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My stepmother finally reached her limit of endurance and declared, "You are an animal, and you belong in a zoo!" Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Reading,
By apoem "apoem" (Bosque Farms, NM USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: You Belong in a Zoo!: Tales from a Lifetime Spent with Cobras, Crocs, and Other Creatures (Hardcover)
This is a great book. I find myself laughing at times, grimacing at others. The author has a great understanding of snakes and other reptiles. His respect for crocodiles comes across very clearly in this book. He also has a great understanding of human nature and some of the stories he tells are touching and sensitive. Others are hilarious and I laughed out loud while reading this book The book is well written and enjoyable. It is easy to read and grabs you right from the opening pages. Even when he is lecturing to the reader or providing information, it is done in context and is very interesting. Well worth every penny.
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Oh , yea! I am not finished with the book yet!,
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This review is from: You Belong in a Zoo!: Tales from a Lifetime Spent with Cobras, Crocs, and Other Creatures (Hardcover)
I am loving this book. I decided to come online in the midst of it and urge others to read it...and this is not a paid urging!!!I hate to see what I look like reading this book..I go from grimaces to smiles to shock to belly laughs...I at times find myself leaning back in my chair as a particular tale is taking hold of me! The information is astounding and the authors sympathy with snakes is heartwarming...truly!!! More...more...more!!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Humor flavors an inspired and informative discourse,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: You Belong in a Zoo!: Tales from a Lifetime Spent with Cobras, Crocs, and Other Creatures (Hardcover)
You Belong In A Zoo!: Tales From A Lifetime Spent With Cobras, Crocs And Other Creatures is the one-of-a-kind memoir of Peter Brazaitis, a man who dedicated his life to working with exotic reptiles and other animals, ranging from alligators in the reservoirs of Florida, to cobras on the loose, to capturing giant frogs in West Africa. A wry dash of humor flavors an inspired and informative discourse. You Belong In A Zoo! is a life story highly recommended to the attention of anyone with an interested in reptilian wildlife as a hobby or as a potential career.
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