Pets in a Jar: Collecting and Caring for Small Wild Animals (Puffin Science Books)

Imagine having a pet that will never learn to recognize you, that will in fact ignore you, yet that is fascinating in a thousand different ways. With very little expense and a lot of imagination, you can find, catch, and keep in a glass jar many small animals such as water bugs, hydras, toads, star-fish, and crickets. See for yourself how these creatures live in the environment you create for them. Pets in a Jar will give you your own window to nature.

Suggestions for collecting and keeping as pets such small animals as snails, toads, worms, ants, butterflies, and starfish.