52 Wonderfu stories about our wildlife revealing that much of what we think is really not true. Such as: A camel's humps do not store water, an elk is really a red deer, elephant graveywards do exist, black bears are not always black, bald eagles are bald, mosquitoes stab - not bite, that it never rains toads, flashing insects are beetles - not fireflies and how Mexican jumping beans manage to convince us that they really jump. Author Gennaro has enjoyed over 30 years research as a premiere mid-Western biologist.