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They knew what seeds, roots and plants were edible thanks to their upbringing. Read more at straitstimes.com.

eating seeds, roots and plants they knew were edible thanks to their upbringing.

The “children of the bush,” as their grandfather called them, survived eating yucca flour that was aboard the doomed plane, and scavenging from relief parcels dropped by search helicopters. “We have a particular connection to nature,” Javier Betancourt, another Onic leader, told AFP. “The world needs this kind of special relation with nature, to favour those like the Indigenous who live in the jungle and take care of it.”President Gustavo Petro praised what he called a “meeting of Indigenous and military knowledge” that he said showed respect for the jungle.

“In an initial meeting, eight days before our search began, the president told us we needed to go with the army because the army couldn’t do it alone,” he added.Winning combination

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