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Ciekawostki Centrum Edukacji Przyrodniczej UJ - czosnek niedźwiedzi
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Wild garlic - a somewhat forgotten delicacy.

09.05.2025
The name of this plant is not at all misleading. It is a close relative of the garlic that we buy in stores. The same genus Allium also includes chives and onions. And all of these plants belong to the same family as the daffodil, snowdrop, and potted amaryllis.
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Obiekt miesiąca Centrum Edukacji Przyrodniczej UJ - bobroszczur
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Object of the month April 2025 - Hydromys

03.05.2025
Neither a beaver nor a rat, or a Hydromys. World Rat Day is celebrated on April 4, while April 7 is International Beaver Day. The Hydromys does not have its own day, so we will honor it by making it our April object of the month.
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Ciekawostki Centrum Edukacji Przyrodniczej UJ - Reguły ekogeograficzne
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Ecogeographic rules

25.04.2025
Nature is characterized by the occurrence of rigid principles, rules, norms and regularities. Scientific research has allowed the formulation of several ecogeographic rules concerning the relationships that occur between the physiognomy of animals and the environmental factors of the climate in which they live.
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Ciekawostki Centrum Edukacji Przyrodniczej UJ - czy chrzan to wasabi
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Is horseradish wasabi?

18.04.2025
Not quite. Both of these types belong to the cabbage family, but real wasabi is made from the rhizome of a plant called Japanese horseradish, which belongs to the genus Eutrema, while our horseradish spice, without which it is hard to imagine Easter, is finely grated root of common horseradish, a representative of the genus Amoracia.
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Obiekt miesiąca Centrum Edukacji Przyrodniczej UJ - bobroszczur
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Object of the month April 2025 - Hydromys

04.04.2025
Neither a beaver nor a rat, or a Hydromys. World Rat Day is celebrated on April 4, while April 7 is International Beaver Day. The Hydromys does not have its own day, so we will honor it by making it our April object of the month.
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