Lee Chun-yang's outstanding academic record, however, made him an exception. Originally specializing in plant pathology, Lee was instead requested to study pests. "At first," Lee says, "there was no way I could like those fuzzy, squirming little things. But my view of these creatures changed after I observed the breeding behaviors of the rice leaf beetle."
以優異成績意外被錄取的李淳陽，原本主修植物病理，卻被要求作害蟲研究，「剛開始，實在無法喜歡那些毛茸茸、蠕動不停的各種昆蟲，直到觀察水稻 5 大害蟲之一的負泥蟲交配情形後，才徹底改變我對昆蟲的看法。」