Wolves are loyal to each other all their lives, a bear tastes like a person, and a chupacabra roams somewhere in Polissia. You can hear such stories everywhere, but as always happens with sensationalism, they have nothing to do with real predators.
In her book, zoologist Maryna Shkvyria tells the true story of large predators — from bears and lions to wolves and hyenas. Do bears really give birth in a dream? Why do pandas from Taiwan regularly travel to China, and how do they count wolf cubs without seeing them? Which of the predators is the real king of sex and why are hyenas aggressive towards their young females?
The author will also tell about the legendary man-eating lions, and what to do when a wolf or bear comes to meet you (small spoiler: it is better to give him a bucket of berries and not try to take away the hunted prey). As the zoologist herself says, this book is not about animals, it is about love for them, about the ability to understand them and live next to them.
Maryna Shkvyria is a zoologist, a specialist in the ecology and behavior of large carnivores, candidate of biological sciences.
Manages the development of scientific research in the Kyiv Zoological Park of national importance, co-founder of the rehabilitation center for bears "White Rock".
