Fieras familiares

What should you do if a python tries to bite you? What if you find a crocodile in your living room? In Fieras familiares, the zoologist and writer Andrés Cota Hiriart recounts his experiences with the unusual animals that have accompanied him throughout his life: from his earliest childhood, when his fascination with nature led him to be interested in insects, reptiles and more varied amphibians and to turn his house into an improvised zoo; until his youth, when he dedicated himself to traveling to such exotic places as the Galapagos, Borneo, Sulawesi and Guadalupe Island to observe wildlife in his natural habitat. Axolotls, orangutans, Komodo dragons, tarsiers and sea lions populate this hilarious and original book with echoes of Gerald Durrell in which the most surprising memories and anecdotes merge with the best popular science. Andrés Cota Hiriart conveys his passion for the natural world and invites us to reflect on the inescapable responsibility of human beings in the conservation of the planet. Wild and captivating memories that teach us to respect the life around us and let ourselves be amazed by its amazing wealth.