The movements of birds and animals, fish and insects have long attracted the attention of a person who dreams of moving on land, water and air just as easily and gracefully. However, many millennia passed before people created the science of movement - mechanics - and managed to find materials and create structures that are not inferior in speed and range to any representatives of the animal world. Alexander Leonovich, author of the book "Bionics: prompted by nature" will tell about the unusual abilities of some animals and inventions prompted by them. How do animals change color? What is "echolocation"? How to predict a storm or earthquake? What allows you to see better in the dark and underwater? What are vibrissae for? These and many other questions will be answered.