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Dieses Buch lässt Sie beim Betrachten der vielen einmaligen Kurzzeitfotos und Bildfolgen zum ersten Mal Einzelheiten aus dem ultraschnellen Leben der Libellen, dieser großen, wunderschönen Fluginsekten erfahren. Libellen sind Flugweltmeister, bionische Wunder und verraten Ihnen viel über die Geheimnisse der Evolution, ihr Zusammenleben und ihren Erfolg seit dreihundert Millionen Jahren. Diese großen - im Englischen Drachenfliegen (dragonflies) genannten Insekten - lassen sich, auch von Anfängern, sehr gut beobachten. In Deutschland leben nur etwa 80 Arten und an jedem Gewässer sind einige Arten zu Hause. Sie sind nicht scheu, stechen nicht und kommen oft ganz dicht heran. Vielleicht verfallen Sie den Libellen genauso wie die beiden Autor:innen, die seit über 30 Jahren bei ihnen auf Entdeckungsreise sind. Mit dem Wissen aus diesem Buch werden Sie den Blicken aus den großen Libellenaugen ganz anders begegnen als zuvor.
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This book is the first to allow you to experience the details of the ultra-fast lives of dragonflies, these large, beautiful flying insects, through an abundance of unique snapshots and image sequences. Dragonflies are world champions of flight, bionic wonders; they reveal much about the mysteries of evolution. We witness their social interaction, and appreciate their success over three hundred million years. Dragonflies - what an evocative name! - are easy to observe, even for beginners. About 80 species live in Germany, and every body of water is home to a few. They are not shy, do not sting and often come very close. Perhaps you will fall in love with dragonflies - just like the two authors who have been studying them for over 30 years. With the knowledge in this book, you will look at dragonflies in a completely novel way.
About the Authors
Georg Rüppell was Professor of Behavioral Ecology at the Technical University of Braunschweig and has supervised over 300 studies with his working group, many of them on dragonflies. It was the quick-reaction training he got through his teenage sporting activities, he finds, that helped him to be constantly alert to the abrupt flight movements around him. He was the first biologist in the world to take up the field study of bird flight using slow-mo, and subsequently apply his expertise to dragonflies. He met his wife Dagmar Hilfert-Rüppell on a research trip to the dragonflies of Japan.
Dagmar Hilfert-Rüppell has been studying and filming dragonflies for 30 years. She is particularly fond of damselflies, about which she wrote her doctoral thesis. She has developed infinite patience when filming to capture new behaviors in close-up. She is also the inspired driving force behind their numerous trips all around the world.