num_pages: 160
description: Durrell sails to Mauritius, home of the dodo bird, to observe the remaining wildlife and to preserve enough specimens by transporting them to his New Jersey sanctuary
language: English
title: Golden Bats & Pink Pigeons
titlecomplete: Golden Bats & Pink Pigeons
genres: Biography, Animals, Science, Africa, Travel, Natural History, Nature, Nonfiction, Memoir, Humor
ratings_count: 955
places: Mauritius
publisher: Simon & Schuster