Reptiles form a paraphyletic group with significant roles for human society, including species that are considered important for food, medicinal and mystical use and as pets. Some species are considered to be aversive, whereas others are captivating among people. Aversion is an important factor which should be considered in the conservation policies of these animals. As such, here, we investigate the demographic, educational, perceptives and behavioural factors of students related to their aversion and non-conservationist attitudes directed towards different reptile species and evaluated the effect of educational exhibition of animals as a strategy of mitigating these attitudes. The data were obtained through forms on the aversion and conservation of reptiles represented by three species, a chelonian, a snake and a lizard. The form was given in two instances, before and after a visit to a private zoo (Museu Vivo Répteis da Caatinga), where the students had contact with the aforementioned species. A total of 133 students participated in the study, among these, 43 from elementary school (21 females and 22 males), 29 from high school (16 females and 13 males), 37 from university biology students (22 females and 15 males) and 24 university mathematics students (6 females and 18 males). Among all evaluated species, snakes were considered to be the most aversive species. The aversion attitudes differed between the three evaluated species when correlated to age and type of university courses. However, this pattern did not differ between student sexes. Older students had a lower aversion to the chelonian compared to the younger ones, but for snakes and lizards, the aversion was high among students of all ages. The university biology students had a lower aversion compared to the university mathematics students for the three species. The recognition and handle of the tested species and previous visits to educational exhibitions of animals were negatively related to aversion. The comparative analysis of the forms applied before and after the visit to the Museu Vivo Répteis da Caatinga showed that this visit influenced the decrease of aversion, but not in non-conservationist attitudes, for which the attitude scores had always been low. We conclude that reptile aversion varies in accordance with the taxon, being snakes the most disliked by students. The visit to the educational exhibition of animals contributed to the reduction of the observed aversion. This is especially true when the acquisition of educational information about species is associated with practical activities which includes contact with the animals. Finally, the fact that non-conservationist attitudes had been low towards all species perhaps demonstrates a conservationist tendency even for the most aversive species.

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影响学生厌恶爬行动物的因素有哪些？

爬行动物形成了一个并系群，对人类社会发挥着重要作用，其中包括被认为对食物、药用和神秘用途以及作为宠物很重要的物种。有些物种被认为是令人厌恶的，而另一些物种则令人着迷。厌恶是这些动物保护政策中应考虑的一个重要因素。因此，在这里，我们调查了学生的人口、教育、感知和行为因素，这些因素与学生对不同爬行动物物种的厌恶和非保护主义态度有关，并评估了动物教育展览作为缓解这些态度的策略的效果。这些数据是通过关于对三种爬行动物（龟类、蛇和蜥蜴）的厌恶和保护的表格获得的。该表格分两次填写，分别是在参观私人动物园（Museu Vivo Répteis da Caatinga）之前和之后，学生们在那里与上述物种进行了接触。共有 133 名学生参与了这项研究，其中小学 43 名（女生 21 名，男生 22 名），高中生 29 名（女生 16 名，男生 13 名），大学生物学生 37 名（女生 22 名，男生 15 名）， 24 名大学数学系学生（6 名女生，18 名男生）。在所有评估的物种中，蛇被认为是最令人厌恶的物种。当与年龄和大学课程类型相关时，三个被评估物种的厌恶态度有所不同。然而，这种模式在学生性别之间没有差异。与年轻学生相比，年龄较大的学生对龟类的厌恶程度较低，但对于蛇和蜥蜴，各年龄段的学生的厌恶程度都很高。与大学数学学生相比，大学生物学学生对这三个物种的厌恶程度较低。对测试物种的识别和处理以及之前参观动物教育展览与厌恶呈负相关。对卡廷加生活博物馆参观前后所采用表格的比较分析表明，这次参观影响了厌恶情绪的减少，但对非保守主义态度没有影响，因为非保守主义态度的态度得分一直很低。我们得出的结论是，对爬行动物的厌恶因分类单元而异，学生最不喜欢的是蛇。参观动物教育展览有助于减少观察到的厌恶情绪。当获取有关物种的教育信息与包括与动物接触在内的实践活动相关时，尤其如此。最后，对所有物种的非保护主义态度都很低这一事实也许表明即使对于最厌恶的物种也存在保护主义倾向。