A man-eating tree grows in Madagascar, and a cow tree in Brazil. Is all this true or a myth? You will find the answer to these and many other questions in the book of the candidate of biological sciences Igor Ivanovich Akimushkin "The Path of Legends." It tells how scientists reveal the secrets of nature step by step. There are so many unusual things about animal behavior! Some mysterious phenomena of nature seemed supernatural to people unfamiliar with biology.