📚 Our paper: Knowledge, perceptions, and declared attitudes of rural and urban students toward wild vertebrates in Facatativá, Colombian Andes.
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@bothrops77.bsky.social📚 Our paper: Knowledge, perceptions, and declared attitudes of rural and urban students toward wild vertebrates in Facatativá, Colombian Andes.
@bothrops77.bsky.social🐸 Which animals were most widely recognized?
✔️ Toads
✔️ Opossums
✔️ Coatis
🐍🦇 Snakes, bats, and opossums were among those most associated with fear, danger, or disease.
@bothrops77.bsky.social🐸🦉🐍 Does knowing a species’ biology mean we’ll protect it? 🌐
We explored how 627 students from rural and urban schools perceive 14 wild vertebrates in the Colombian Andes. Spoiler: biological knowledge alone does not explain their attitudes. 🌎
@planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyEthnopaleontology (Paleontology 🦕)
Ethnopaleontology is the study of the relationship between humans and fossils, or the preserved remains of ancient organisms.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnopaleontology
#Ethnopaleontology #Ethnobiology #Paleontology #TraditionalKnowledge