Butterflies

	A Lot of People Are Scared of Spiders. Why?
...entist. In order to discover the truth that lies behind the fear of spiders, Georg Alpers and his colleagues carried out a survey asking 76 students to rate images of spiders, wasps, bees, beetles, butterflies and moths. The participants had to rate the photos on three counts: the level of fear they inspired, how much fear they aroused and the level of disgust. The study showed that students had much greater fear of spi...
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	Animal Crew Returns from Space
...The Foton-M3 satellite, with mice, butterflies, lizards, snails and cockroaches on board, will land in the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan after 12 days of experiments. During a 12 days' flight there were 26 unique experiments conducted in chemistry, biology, physics and bio-technology, funded by Russia and the European Space Agency. Mice were placed in air-tight module cells equipped with life-support system, w...
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	New Natural Wonders Revealed
...ds and waterfowls with a number of them being endangered. Monarch Butterfly Biosphere is a site located about 100 km northwest of Mexico City. The outstanding place is a habitat to millions of butterflies that come from the wide areas of North America in winter. In spring the massive migration of butterflies sends them away to Eastern Canada during which period four successive generations are born and die. The...
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