There is no animal on earth that Frau Rupp and Herr Dröse don’t know about! Or is there? These two odd kindred spirits are passionately committed to the animal world. Why do bees dance, hummingbirds fly backwards and sheep only like friendly faces? Why do herrings fart, certain fish change their sex and snails don’t give a fig for different sexes? Why do male seahorses get pregnant rather than their female mate and why are orang-utans the tenors among apes? Frau Rupp and Herr Dröse know. And if they don’t, they will find out, no matter what!

On their expeditions into the fascinating animal kingdom, these two explorers mainly follow the tracks of rare, endangered and unknown creatures. And they are always driven by the question of what the two-legged and furless Homo sapiens can learn from the lives of their multifarious siblings.

“With great wit, love and poetry, this inseparable duo places the animal kingdom centre stage, while the human species is left standing at the back for once.”
Bettina Hägeli, bz Basel