从蜗牛卵里孵出白玉蜗牛、在“蚂蚁工坊”近距离观察蚂蚁打洞、通过喂养蚕宝宝得到彩色蚕茧，今年暑假，蚂蚁、蜗牛、蚕宝宝等另类宠物正在低年级学生之间悄然流行。笔者了解到，每年暑假，许多小学生的作业里会有一些观察动物、植物的题目，不同于以往的是，今年许多学生和家长不再青睐于实体店里易买到的小猫、小狗，而是将兴趣放在了网络市场上的蜗牛、蚂蚁等另类宠物。

From the snail in the eggs hatch white jade snail、in“Ants mate”A closer look ant hole、Through the feeding growing tracks get color cocoon，This summer，The ant、snail、Alternative growing tracks pet is a junior student quietly popular between。The author understands，Every summer，Many students work there will be some observations on animals、Plant topic，Different from the past is，This year, many students and parents no longer favour in entity shop easy to buy kitten、The dog，But it will be of interest to a in the network market the snail、Ants alternative pet。

　　“蜗牛的头上长着直直的触角。它圆圆的眼睛似乎长在直直的触角上。它的背上背着一个大‘房子’，卷成圆圈的花纹印在蜗牛大大的‘房子’上。”在郑州一所小学上四年级的圆圆，边观察蜗牛边写下她的观察日记。对于这个蜗牛宠物，圆圆可是喜欢的不得了，每天醒来第一件事情，就是先去看看蜗牛在干什么。

“The head of the snail with long straight, antenna。It round eyes seemed to grow on straight, the antenna。It's back carrying a big‘house’，Roll into the circle pattern printed on snail greatly‘house’on。”A primary school in zhengzhou in fourth grade menu，Edge observation snail edge write down her observation diary。To the snail pet，Circle circle but like killer，Every morning we wake up the first thing，Is the first to look at a snail doing。

　　圆圆的妈妈季女士说，刚放暑假女儿就告诉她，老师布置的有观察小动物的作业。本来她想给女儿买小狗、小猫这样的家常宠物，但一来担心卫生问题，二来又有怕这些宠物有攻击性，所以一直很犹豫。但女儿对这项作业兴趣极大，如果不能完成，肯定会打击孩子的积极性。

Round mother says ms season，Just the summer daughter was told her，Assigned by the teacher have to observe small animals homework。Was she wanted to give his daughter to buy the dog、Kitten such a family pet，But the way worry about health problems，Secondly and afraid of these pet aggressive，So has been very hesitant。But her daughter for the work great interest，If you can't finish，Will hit the child's enthusiasm。

　　正在季女士为这个发愁时，常在一起聊天的一位家长告诉她，网上有卖蚂蚁之类的小宠物。听说之后，季女士赶忙在网上进行搜索，没想到，购物网站上有许多在平时实体店里少见的另类宠物，如蚂蚁、蜗牛、魔法鱼、蝌蚪等等。在圆圆的选择下，季女士给女儿购买了白玉蜗牛。

Is ms season for the worry when，Often chat together in one of the parents tell her，Online sell ants and so on pet。After heard that，Season woman hurried over the Internet search，Didn't expect，Shopping website has many in peacetime entity shop rare alternative pet，Such as ants、snail、Magic fish、Tadpole, etc。In the round of choice，Ms season for his daughter to buy the white jade snail。

　　对于这个另类宠物，季女士表示，女儿刚收到时，只是几个微小的蜗牛卵，女儿一点点的养到如今几厘米大的蜗牛，不仅拓展了她的知识面，还很安全、卫生。现在女儿的朋友以及自己同事的孩子也都纷纷在网站上购买了其他另类宠物进行观察和学习。

To the alternative pet，Season lady said，When the daughter has just received，Just a few tiny snail egg，Daughter a little raise up to now a few centimeters large snails，Not only expand the her knowledge，Also very safe、health。Now her daughter's friends and his colleagues have children also on the website to buy the other alternative pet carries on the observation and study。

　　随后，笔者在多家知名购物网站上进行搜索，发现蚂蚁、蜗牛、蚕宝宝、鱼卵等为“观察作业”而生的宠物网店已有数百家，许多网店打出安全、易养、方便孩子观察的口号。而且这些“另类宠物”的价格并不算太高，多数在10-50元之间，且包括喂养的饲料、饲养盒子和相关观察工具。

then，The author in many famous shopping web search，Found that ants、snail、CanBaoBao、Roe as“Observation operation”And raw pet shop has several hundred，Many online play safe、Easy to keep、Convenient child observation slogan。And these“Alternative pet”Price does not calculate is too high，Most in 10 to 50 yuan between，And including feed feed、Feeding box and related observation tool。

　　笔者翻阅了一些网店的销售记录和评价内容发现，大多网店在暑期这段时间内生意火爆，比如一款可以观察蚂蚁打洞和生活习性的“蚂蚁工坊”，有店铺当月销售量达700多件。许多买家在留言中称买给孩子进行观察和饲养，并都表示十分方便，孩子很开心。

The author looked up some online sales record and evaluation content found，Most of the online in the summer that time business is hot，For example one can observe the ant hole and living habit of“Ants mate”，Have the shop sales of more than 700 pieces。Many buyers in the message says buy for children to observe and feeding，And all mean is very convenient，The child is very happy。

　　据一家销量不错的网店店主称，这些另类宠物在进入暑期后销量增长尤为明显，观察作业促生许多家长买来送给孩子饲养和观察。而且这些另类小动物饲养方法较简单，有利于培养小孩的爱心、责任心，还可以让小孩更加接近自然。他戏称自己“每天帮助上千名家长完成了家庭作业。”

According to a sales good online the shopkeeper said，These alternative pet in the summer after sales growth is particularly obvious，Observe operation grows many parents give children buy breeding and observation。And these alternative small animal husbandry method is simple，To cultivate the children's love、responsibility，Still can let the child more close to nature。He calls himself“Every help thousands of parents to complete the homework。”

　　尽管网店的这些另类小宠物，能让孩子们顺利完成暑假作业，也能提高孩子对大自然生物的兴趣，但也有家长表达出无奈，在如今钢筋水泥的城市里，让孩子接触自然太难。

Although these alternative pet shop，Can let the children complete summer homework assignments，Can also improve the child to nature biological interest，But there are also parents express helpless，In the now reinforced cement city，Let the children touch with the nature too hard。

　　对此，河南师范大学教育系李主任表示，学生最好的实践课堂是在自然界，学校应该多开设一些校外课程，让学生在亲近自然的过程中认识动植物，而且家长们也不妨利用空闲时间，带孩子去郊区走一走，能在自然环境下观察蜗牛、蚂蚁这些小生物，对于学生接触自然、认识自然并且热爱自然具有积极的意义。

this，Henan normal university li, director of department of education said，Students the best practice class is in nature，The school should set up some external course，Let the students in the close to nature in the process of understanding animals and plants，And parents also might as well use idle time，The children take a walk to the suburb，In the natural environment can be observed under the snail、Ants these little creatures，It is natural to contact for students、Get to know nature and love for nature is of positive significance。