Which animal nearly prevented the construction of the Panama Canal? How was the mystery of bird migration finally unraveled in 1822? What passion of Japanese Emperor Hirohito was suspicious to the Queen? And why is the Hitler beetle (Anophtalmus hitleri) nearly extinct? 30 stories recount groundbreaking discoveries, consequential entanglements, and curious ideas. Each story begins with a newspaper report and is accompanied by a short story by Lucia Jay von Seldeneck and realistic animal illustrations made up of dots by Florian Weiss, creating a bibliophilic picture book. Florian Weiss's "Ringel Seepferdchen" was already published by Kunstanstifter in 2011.