Comparing local knowledge with academic literature

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-indigenous-huge-unique-source-ecological.html

The study, which interviewed a community of  in Doussala, Gabon, found that, on average, people knew of an astonishing 732 different plant and fruit-eating animal (frugivore) interactions, with some able to identify as many as 2700 interactions. This knowledge covered 100 frugivores from elephants to bats and 286 .

Impressive. It is their economy so it stands to reason but still impressive.

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