TILL HEIN

Graceful dancers, masters of camouflage and romantic lovers, but also hard-of-hearing gluttons, moody curmudgeons and slow lazybones: seahorses are all this and more. The little fish are not only found in seagrass meadows and mangrove forests, but also in chess games and Greek myths - and how do they actually end up on children's swimming costumes, money coins and toilet bowls from ancient Rome? What makes them first-class hunters despite their sluggishness, why is an area of the brain named after them, how can they help us sleep better and even inspire robotics? Entertaining and informative, Till Hein tells of curious findings in current research, gets to the bottom of myths and thus uncovers secrets about the crazy horses of the sea.