In the middle of the Carpathian Basin, lying between the Tisza and the Danube, the landscape is like any other plain in Europe. It was once shaped by winds and rivers, today it bears traces of human activities. However, the Great Hungarian Plain is different. It has a secret life, where something interesting happens all the time. On the endless pastures, male great bustards are hustling and pushing each other in the breeding season. With the migrating birds in spring and autumn the white salty lakes are like big, crowded airports. Groups of young eagles are hunting awkwardly, and from the sand the wind builds 30-40-meter high mounds, which rabbits turn to cheeses riddled with holes. The short-eared owl is clapping his wings and there are so many mayflies over the rivers, that you can hardly see the other side. The queerest creature is the protagonist itself. It used to live here, but as people exterminated it, it vanished for decades. But this four-legged predator braves danger: the golden jackal learnt to become invisible and now comes back!
