COCO DE MER : My Hunt for the Tree of Knowledge (Part 4 of 5) - Weird Fruit Explorer Ep 400

This is Part 4 of my adventure to find out more about this incredible fruit. This part is about how the fruit has been used historically and how it's used today.

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Steven Murray: www.murrayfamilyfarms.org
Animations by Ivan Tello: https://ivantello.art
Quote screen sketches by Laura McGovern; IG: mcgovlau
Victorin F Laboudallon; his incredible book is available at: https://www.nhbs.com/flora-of-the-sey...
If you go to the Seychelles, you must visit the Vallee de mai: https://www.seychelles.travel/en/expl...

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"Coco de Mer" by Fischer, Fleisher-Dogley; https://amzn.to/2MMseiE
"The Fruit Hunters" by Adam Leith Gollner; https://amzn.to/2ZBngY0
"First Voyage around the world" by Antonio Pigafetta; https://amzn.to/2ZBneiQ
"The nutrient economy of Lodoicea maldivica, a monodominant palm producing the world's largest seed" https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/d...

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Music from https://filmmusic.io
"deadly roulette" "covert affair" "mining by moonlight" "nonstop"
by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)

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