THE INFLUENCE OF YOUTUBE OF CONSUMPTION OF Leptodactylus macrosternum IN THE STATE OF RONDÔNIA, SOUTHWERSTERN AMAZON

Oliveira, Marcela Álvares; Costa-Rodrigues, Ana Paula Vitoria; Doria, Carolina Rodrigues da Costa; Messias, Mariluce Rezende

doi:10.18542/ethnoscientia.v7i3.11813

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“…For instance, in the Neotropics hunters employ firearms, traps, bladed weapons, and dogs, in different variations and combinations (Alves et al 2009;Bezerra et al 2012;. ; Santos-Fita et al 2012), and the decision on which to use depends on the type of environment, available technologies and target species Tavares et al 2020;Oliveira et al 2022a;Oliveira et al 2022b). Another way of acquiring wild-sourced protein is through purchase at open fairs, local markets or gain ( van Vliet et al 2014van Vliet et al , 2015Chaves et al 2017;Souto et al 2019;El Bizri et al 2020).…”

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Human consumption of meat from roadkilled animals in the southwestern Amazon

Oliveira¹,

Afonso²,

Alves³

et al. 2023

Ethnobio Conserv

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The harvest of meat from wild animals is essential for the nutrition of many human populations in the Neotropics. Specific techniques are used to access wild meat in this region, but collecting meat from road killed animals, or purposely run over animals to kill and consume the meat have not been documented so far. In this study we interviewed four residents of the state of Rondônia who claimed to consume roadkilled animals. Respondents cited only medium and large mammals (10 species in total) as the group from which wild meat is harvested, with one respondent claiming to intentionally run over the animals. The interviewees analyse the smell/putrefaction condition, swelling and exposure of viscera as criteria for not collecting the meat. The meat from roadkilled animals may pose a risk to the health of humans who consume it due to the foodborne diseases it may spread after the decomposition process.In addition, the practice of running over animals for consumption of their meat can cause potential impacts to the fauna and humans since it can reduce animal numbers and also cause serious accidents.Further investigations are needed to clarify whether this is widespread phenomenon occurring in other places of the Amazon and the Neotropics.

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