Whatever the future may bring, it is certain that the shamanistic tradition is dying out, the village population is emigrating, and betelnut and ginger have replaced millet, corn, and other staples. It may turn out that the 141 varieties of plants in Taniao village will survive, for the most part, nowhere but in the lists in Sabu Pung's academic paper.
不論未來有多少可能性，隨著老祭司凋零，隨著村落人口外流，隨著檳榔、生薑取代小米、玉米，大鳥村的一百四十一種植物，大部份恐怕只能是潘世珍研究報告裡的一筆筆記錄了。