Afterrecordingmydata,Ihadanewquestion.Iwonderedwherethisknowledgecamefrom.Howdidwediscoverthattheseplantscouldbemedicine?Didpeopleteachtheelephants?Ordidelephantsteachthe people?

Peopleusemanyoftheplantsformedicine.Butnotall.Someplantsareusedonlyforelephants.Peoplewatchedelephantsintheforest.Theelephantslookedfortheseplantswhentheydidn’tfeelwell.Peoplegavethesesameplantstootherelephantswhentheyweresick.That helped.

Manyoftheplantsusedtotreatelephantscamefirstfrompeople.Someplantswereusedbyelephantsfirst,thenpeople.Forsome,itwashardtotellwhousedthem first.

Weforgetsometimesthatotherspecieshavetheirownknowledge.Ifwepayattention,wecanlearnfromthem.Forexample,welearnedfrombeavershowtobuilddams.Wecopiedtheshapeofairplanesfrombirds.Inthesameway,theKarenhaveborrowedfromelephantknowledge.Now,theyknowthebestplantstotreat everyone.