In 1976 he discovered and later scientifically described the world's strongest carnivorousbeetle, Manticora imperator, of the tiger beetle group. He became a specialist in this group of beetles and later described three more species.
jaroslav, mareš, december, 1937, brno, czechoslovakia, 2021, prague, czech, biologist, traveller, writer, graduated, from, university, economics, prague, getting, degree, studied, international, business, worked, Čsa, iran, later, canada, visited, countries, o. Ing Jaroslav Mares 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 CSA 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 1 Contents 1 Bibliography 2 References and external links 2 1 References 2 2 External linksBibliography editV tropech tri svetadilu In tropical forests of three continents 1976 Nejkrasnejsi brouci tropu The most beautiful tropical beetles 1980 with Vlastimil Lapacek Yetti Yeti 1991 Hledani Ztraceneho sveta Searching The Lost World 1992 Legendarni prisery a skutecna zvirata Legendary monsters and real animals 1993 Zahada dinosauru The mystery of dinosaurs 1993 Po zahadnych stopach On the mysterious tracks 1994 Detektivem v risi zvirat Detective in the kingdom of animals 1995 Tyrkysova karavana Turquois caravan 1995 Svet tajemnych zvirat The world of mysterious animals 1997 Hruza zvana Kurupira The horror named Kurupira 2001 Gladiatori druhohor Mesozoic gladiators 2001 Draci chram The Temple of Dragons 2002 Jezero krokodylich carodeju The Lake of the crocodile sorcerers 2002 Manticora A Monograph of the Genus Coleoptera Cicindelidae Manticorini 2002 Kurupira zlovestne tajemstvi Kurupira the ominous mystery 2005 Legendarni opolide Obroviti primati legenda nebo pravda Legendary ape men Giant primates legend or truth 2007 Smrt ve sloni trave Death in the elephant grass Sepot buse The whisper of the bush 2011 Ve stinu baobabu In the shadows of baobabs 2012 V risi tygra In the kingdom of the tiger 2013 Stezkami zahadnych zvirat On the paths of mysterious animals 2015 References and external links editReferences edit Vzpominka na Jaroslava Marese Vladimir Socha External links edit Klub ceskych cestovatelu Czech Travellers Club 1 A book on the genus Manticora by J Mares 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jaroslav Mares amp oldid 1212459245, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
