Life is first and foremost transformation. In the rivers, there wouldn’t be freshwater fish, if they weren’t able to change the salinity of their bodies. We wouldn’t have many animal species that we know nowadays, without moulting and metamorphosis. Federica Buglioni (author of Naturalisti in cucina, Uovo sapiens, Alfabeti naturali) and Francesca Ballarini, lead us discovering that transformation is a gateway to the animal kingdom. In this journey we’ll meet jellyfish that are not born and do not die, fish able to change sex, spiders that can change colour. We will also explore the neoteny, the impressive attempt to never change and remain young forever. Finally, we will discover that humans also have a very special way of changing and transforming themselves: our culture.
- looking with new eyes at nature;
- asking questions and learning curiosity;
- organizing a small observation laboratory in the green spaces of your school.
