In the Pacific Ocean, separated from the nearest continent by a thousand kilometers of sea space, there are amazing volcanic islands. The peculiar and exotic nature of the Galapagos . On the black lava rocks warm lizards iguanas, preserved here since the “age of reptiles”, slowly moving giant turtles. The islands closely coexist animals and plants of the tropics and the Arctic: lianas and mosses, tropical birds and gulls of the Antarctic, penguins, sea lions and cormorants. Lively and exciting, on the basis of personal impressions tells about the unique animal world of the “enchanted islands” young zoologist Ireneus Eibl-Eibesfeldt . The book will be read with interest by the widest readership.