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Life above and below water

In this volume:

LIFE IN THE DARK
Photos: Massimo Brega – Text: Gianfranco Caoduro (pp. 6-20)
Italian Massimo Brega enchants us with his photos of the underworld. Life in the subterranean caves is far more complex than one might think. Fascinating, almost unearthly, little creatures inhabit the dry and damp areas as well as the subterranean waters.

JUNGLE WALK
Text and Photos: Heiko Bleher (pp. 22-35)
Almost 100 km barefoot through practically untouched wilderness in south-eastern Amazonia. Unspoiled nature, and a glimpse of what there is to be seen on the forest floor and in the waters. The biodiversity of an intact and incredibly colourful flora and fauna.

ETHIOPIA II
Text and Photos: Heiko Bleher (pp. 36-61)
The adventure which began in ag 15 now continues, traversing one of the most fascinating countries in Africa. We head south, stopping to visit different ethnic groups and the previously undiscovered “Grand Canyon” of Ethiopia.

PORTFOLIO
Text and Photos: Günter Ziesler (pp. 64-69)
German Günter Ziesler takes us on a tour of the coast of northern Chile, using his unique photography to show us the life of this little-documented region, above and below water.

KING OF THE MEKONG
Photos: Ralf Kiefner – Text: Stephane Peray and the ag team (pp. 70-76)
Not only endangered, but very near to extinction – the largest catfish in south-east Asia, and one of the largest freshwater fishes on Earth.
Whether the Pla Beuk will be around to see the year 2000 is debatable – more than likely the last one will have ended its days in the stomach
of some rich Thailander by then.

CHAGOS
Photos: Ralf Kiefner – Text: Ralf Kiefner and the ag team (pp. 79-89)
The largest archipelago in the world is also the most unspoiled and the least inhabited. No-one lives on 59 of its islands, whose flora and fauna, above and below water, exhibit a diversity seen hardly anywhere else. Only the sharks and other large fishes have been touched by man, victims of fishermen from the north.

FISH MYTHS OF THE WORLD
Photos and Drawings: Josef Guter and ag archives – Text: Josef Guter and the ag editorial team (pp. 92-100)
The fish has probably played a leading role in the history of Man for some 50,000 years, and certainly appears in t he very first hieroglyphs. It is no myth that many peoples have relied on the fish for their very survival. Here we present the first part of a fascinating study of the fish in the culture of mankind.

AUWALD
Text and Photos: Werner Fiedler (pp. 102-112)
The second installment in our series on the swamp forests of the world (part 1 appeared in ag 17) features the Auwald, a jungle-like rainforest far from the tropical belt – in Germany! Werner Fiedler illustrates this little-known biotope with his stunning photography.

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