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The Educating Insects

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Author(s): Sebastian Pilichowski, Zbigniew Zawada
Subject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies, Scientific Life, Sociology of Education
Published by: Instytut Badań Edukacyjnych

Summary/Abstract: The insects are becoming more and more popular pets in Poland. Among them, the most popular are ants, butterflies, mantises, orthopterans, phasmids and roaches. Some other groups, such as bees, are important domestic animals. Others – like flies – are used as models in scientific and criminal experiments. The reasons for keeping such animals are various. One keeps them for fun, another one for education, research, or as feeder insects (for example for mantids, amphibians, reptiles...).

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 65-81
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English, Polish