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          Dr. Hans Fricke, of the Max-Planck Institute: ethologist, filmmaker, and leader of the Jago Dive Team.

Hans fricke max planck biography book Dr. Hans Fricke, of the Max-Planck Institute: ethologist, filmmaker, and leader of the Jago Dive Team. Beginning in with the submersible "Geo," the Fricke team made the first films of coelacanths swimming at their natural depth.

Beginning in with the submersible "Geo," the Fricke team made the first films of coelacanths swimming at their natural depth. These films were followed by behavioral observations, biological studies, and population counts through November The team then dove off of Sodwana, South Africa, returning to the Comoros in Preliminary survey results indicated that the Comorian coelacanth population in was stable at about Some of the same individuals have been observed in the same area for 20 years, while others were new.

(Karen Hissmann)

          During late October, early November , a Coelacanth Expedition at the Comoro islands headed by Dr Fricke, had to abandon juvenile search operatons due to nearby pirate attacks! The project did succeed in obtaining new HD images of adult coelacanths.


 

Research vessel, "Indian Ocean Explorer," with Jago submersible parked on the stern.


 

Jago submersible side view. Designed by Jurgen Schauer and Hans Fricke.


 

Jago submersible, front view, showing observation window, lights, and manipulator arm.

Hans fricke max planck biography Hans Fricke studierte zunächst Biologie in Berlin. Er promovierte und habilitierte sich in München im Fach Zoologie. Fricke war Gastwissenschaftler am Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie in Seewiesen und Gastprofessor der Hebräischen Universität Jerusalem.


 

         Left to right: Karen Hissmann and Jurgen Schauer. Karen is a biologist, author, and Jago Dive Team operations manager. In Jurgen made the first films of living Coelacanths swimming at depth in their natural habitat off the Comoro Islands.

In , he made the first such films of the Indonesian Coelacanths.

Max planck inventions A submersible in was manned by Dr. Hans Fricke, from the Max-Planck Institute and their trip to see the Coelacanth was not to capture one, but to observe their behaviour (Coad, ). Many other countries, including France and Japan had gone on expeditions to try to capture a Coelacanth live for their museums (Hamlin, ).


 

French marine biologist Dr. Raphael Plante joins the Jago dive team on all major Coelacanth research expeditions. His dream is a Coelacanth Marine Park in the Comoros. An area has been designated for this.