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THE "WILD THING" Experiment could be your job or part of it!
What is the "Wild Thing" Experiment? & What is that "Wild Thing"?
... If you would loved to observe insects in the "Wild Thing" Experiment, keep reading. I will tell you all about who does this as their job!!!!!!! Maybe you could do it too!!!!
Who observes insects as part of their job?
Beetles are insects because they have 6 legs and an exoskeleton. Therefore the answer to question above is Entomologists because they study insects. One of the jobs of Entomologists is to observe insects and see their life cycle, just like we did in our "Wild Thing" Experiment. (We could say we Entomologists while conducting our experiment). In addition to observing insects and studying insect's life cycles, Entomologist also classify insects, look at the insects behavior, and many other things. The job of the Entomologists is very important, it helps us understand life around us better, specifically, they help us understand insects better.
MEET the New Dung Beetle Species!
According to an article in EtymologyToday.org, Victor Moctezuma, Michele Rossini, Mario Zunino and Gonzalo Halfer found two New Dung Beetle Species Found in Mexico. The picture of one out of the two new species found by them can be seen to the left of this article. Gonzalo Halffer and Victor Moctezuma are reaserchers from the Instituto de Ecologia (Institute of Ecology) in Mexico and Michele Rossini and Mario Zunino are reseachers from the University of Urbino "Carlo Bo" in Italy. They conducted their research in the mountanious region of El Pinal in Puebla, Mexico.
The EtomologyToday.com article can be found using this link: http://entomologytoday.org/2016/03/16/two-new-dung-beetle-species-found-in-mexico/ & http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=6763&display_type=element&element_type=8&element_id=23927&element_name=
Does it fall under STEM?
Currently there is a huge push to encourage careers in the STEM field. It would be good to know that Entymology is considered a career in the STEM fields. Etymology falls into the science branch of STEM because Etymology requires a lot of experiments, observation and many other things particular to the science field.
For more information on STEM careers, go to: http://www.iseek.org/careers/stemcareers
Angeles Rivero
Email: ariveroloyola@uh.edu
Location: University of Houston, Calhoun Road, Houston, TX, United States