It is said that in India wolves steal children and raise them according to their own, according to the wolf. And in Madagascar grows a man-eater tree, in Brazil - a cow tree . Is this all true or a myth? The answer to these and many other questions you will find in the book of the candidate of biological sciences Igor Ivanovich Akimushkin "The path of legends" . It tells how scientists step by step reveal the secrets of nature. There is so much unusual in the behavior of animals! 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.