Abstract

The much-loved series of Prof. GETCHO-sensei!
Collection of empty shells is the best sample as a biological specimen.

Good for careful observation, Easy to compare shapes or sizes between samples, and easy to keep!
Also useful for a local habitat investigation for spices of numbers.
Introducing varieties of empty shells, including faces with horns,
pupa as cocoons and chrysalis, after egg-hatching and sloughs of snakes with fine illustrations and witty explanations.

Author’s Information

The president and the professor of Okinawa university in Naha city, Japan.
Born in 1962, Chiba prefecture. Called by his popular name "GETCHO".
After graduated the Chiba university in biology department of the faculty of science, started his carreer as a biology teacher at the junior-high and high school of JIYUNOMORI-GAKUEN since 1985.
Quitted and moved to Okinawa in 2000, started working as an instructor of non-profit educational organization of Sangosya-scholē, and served as the president of the Okinawa university from April 2019 to the end of March 2022.