In India, wolves are said to steal children and raise them in their own way, wolf-like. And in Madagascar grows a man-eating tree, in Brazil ? tree-cow. The answer to these and many other questions you will find in the book of the candidate of biological Sciences Igor Ivanovich Akimushkin? It tells how scientists step by step reveal the secrets of nature. Some mysterious phenomena of nature, people unfamiliar with biology, seemed supernatural. And religion has always speculated on ignorance . The book exposes religious myths and "miracles"?. You will learn about bird's milk, about the manna of heaven, about fish and bloody rains and about why cocks carry eggs, and cocks sing with cocks .. An inquisitive reader will find many interesting facts here. Other books by Igor Ivanovich Akimushkin on the site:It's all cats. Who flies without wings . Nature's Fads. The first settlers of the land . The world of animals, t. 1. The world of animals, t. 3. The world of animals, t. 5. Primates of the Sea. Traces of unseen animals