
Zoopharmacognosy
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Sep 15, 2026
Anti-Pathogenic, Not Antibiotic: Greg Tilford on Herbal Medicine for Pets
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11:47Greg TilfordGUEST
And I started to see this interaction between plants and animals that was just fascinating.
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11:51Greg TilfordGUEST
And I learned about zoopharmacognosy, which is the study of how animals can intuitively select plants, dose them correctly, use them for the correct amount of time, and then discontinue their therapy when it's time to discontinue, and I was fascinated by all of that.
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12:07Greg TilfordGUEST
So I started studying the interactions between plants and animals and then decided, you know, nobody's doing this commercially for animals.
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12:15Greg TilfordGUEST
Let's make, let's make products, let's do herbal tinctures and herbal-- 'cause tinctures make sense.
Can Dolphins Use Coral Slime as Medicine? | Animal Science for Kids
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17:25speaker_0HOST
The word is zoopharmacognosy.
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17:27speaker_1HOST
That is a brilliant word.
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17:28speaker_1HOST
Can we sound that out? Zoopharmacognosy.
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17:31speaker_0HOST
You got it.
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17:32speaker_0HOST
It sounds complex, but it makes perfect sense when you break it into pieces.
🐎 The Plains of Passage by Jean M. Auel | Ice Age Journey, Survival & Forbidden Worlds Explained🌍🔥
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22:51speaker_1HOST
It comes down to two immense factors.
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22:53speaker_1HOST
Tens of thousands of years of brutal trial and error and a concept known as zoopharmacognosy.
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22:58LernerHOST
Zoopharmacognosy.
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22:59LernerHOST
Break that down for me.
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23:00speaker_1HOST
It literally means animal medicine knowledge.