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Czech biologist (1937–2021)
Ing. Jaroslav Mareš (28 December 1937 in
Brno ,
Czechoslovakia – 5 May 2021,
Prague ) was a Czech
biologist ,
traveller and
writer .
He graduated from The University of Economics in
Prague , getting a degree of Ing (he studied international business). He worked for
ČSA in
Iran and later in
Canada . He visited 85 countries and organised several expeditions for research of
cryptids , such as Kongamato (for this he was offered the membership of the
International Society for Cryptozoology which he accepted),
Nandi bear ,
Megalania prisca ,
Bigfoot ,
Yeti ,
Nessie ,
Ogopogo ,
Champ ,
megalodon ,
Lusca , Ambazombi and others. In 1978 he organised an expedition to the
tepui which probably inspired
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for writing
The Lost World (a book based on stories told to Doyle by
Colonel
Percy Fawcett ).
He also studied
dinosaurs (he visited most of the famous
fossil sites, such as
Nemegt in
Mongolia ,
Tendaguru in
Tanzania ,
Red Deer in
Alberta , and other localities in
Utah ,
Colorado ,
Montana and
Patagonia ) and corresponded with the world-leading
palaeontologists . Another field of his interest was
shamanism .
In 1976 he discovered and later scientifically described the world's strongest
carnivorous
beetle , Manticora imperator , of the
tiger beetle group. He became a specialist in this group of beetles and later described three more
species .
He published twenty two
books and numerous
magazine
articles . He died in Prague aged 83.
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Bibliography
V tropech tří světadílů (In tropical forests of three continents) (1976)
Nejkrásnější brouci tropů (The most beautiful tropical beetles) (1980), with Vlastimil Lapáček
Yetti (Yeti) (1991)
Hledání Ztraceného světa (Searching The Lost World) (1992)
Legendární příšery a skutečná zvířata (Legendary monsters and real animals) (1993)
Záhada dinosaurů (The mystery of dinosaurs) (1993)
Po záhadných stopách (On the mysterious tracks) (1994)
Detektivem v říši zvířat (Detective in the kingdom of animals) (1995)
Tyrkysová karavana (Turquois caravan) (1995)
Svět tajemných zvířat (The world of mysterious animals) (1997)
Hrůza zvaná Kurupira (The horror named Kurupira) (2001)
Gladiátoři druhohor (Mesozoic gladiators) (2001)
Dračí chrám (The Temple of Dragons) (2002)
Jezero krokodýlích čarodějů (The Lake of the crocodile sorcerers) (2002)
Manticora: A Monograph of the Genus (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae, Manticorini) (2002)
Kurupira: zlověstné tajemství (Kurupira: the ominous mystery) (2005)
Legendární opolidé (Obrovití primáti – legenda nebo pravda?) (Legendary ape-men (Giant primates – legend or truth?)) 2007
Smrt ve sloní trávě (Death in the elephant grass)
Šepot buše (The whisper of the bush) (2011)
Ve stínu baobabů (In the shadows of baobabs) (2012)
V říši tygra (In the kingdom of the tiger) (2013)
Stezkami záhadných zvířat (On the paths of mysterious animals) (2015)
References and external links
References
External links
Klub českých cestovatelů (Czech Travellers' Club)
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A book on the genus
Manticora by J. Mareš
[2]
International National Other