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Post by buenopues on May 7, 2016 9:33:08 GMT -5
Maybe not purple but certainly Colombian. I'm reading a book on primitive war by Lawrence H. Kealey and in a section on cannibalism he mentions reports that the Anserma Indians of Western Colombia used human fat to light their gold mines. Another report he cites says that one Anserma chief together with some of his warriors consumed the bodies of one hundred fallen enemy in a single day following a successful battle. Also that they kept live captives in special cages, fattened them and sold them to neighboring groups for food. The author says these Indians "seemed to have positively relished human flesh" and even smoked it for later consumption. Comforting to think that the blood of those people may still flow in the veins of your neighbors.
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Post by wildstubby on May 7, 2016 10:07:25 GMT -5
Yeah, they said they tasted like chicken!!!
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Post by buenopues on May 7, 2016 16:50:55 GMT -5
No I don't think they had chickens yet.
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Post by fishhead on May 8, 2016 11:23:35 GMT -5
No I don't think they had chickens yet. Maybe that's the reason they eat so much chicken nowadays. Reminds them of old times.
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Post by billyb on May 8, 2016 17:28:13 GMT -5
Maybe not purple but certainly Colombian. I'm reading a book on primitive war by Lawrence H. Kealey and in a section on cannibalism he mentions reports that the Anserma Indians of Western Colombia used human fat to light their gold mines. Another report he cites says that one Anserma chief together with some of his warriors consumed the bodies of one hundred fallen enemy in a single day following a successful battle. Also that they kept live captives in special cages, fattened them and sold them to neighboring groups for food. The author says these Indians "seemed to have positively relished human flesh" and even smoked it for later consumption. Comforting to think that the blood of those people may still flow in the veins of your neighbors. The Anserma roamed what is now Northern Valle/Risaralda. There is town named after them. Supposedly very warlike.
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Post by buenopues on May 8, 2016 19:03:51 GMT -5
No I don't think they had chickens yet. Maybe that's the reason they eat so much chicken nowadays. Reminds them of old times. No what I meant was there were no chickens in Colombia yet. The Spaniards hadn't introduced them yet. What they likely ate that tasted like chicken were Chachalacas (Guan family). They're overly trusting birds that would be easy to kill and they were certainly plentiful (still are) in the region the Anserma occupied.
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Post by gallito on May 8, 2016 19:11:41 GMT -5
Early European explorers of South America were surprised to discover an abundance of unusual chickens that laid colored eggs and had feathers resembling earrings on the side of the head. While the origin of this bird - commonly called the araucanian chicken and classified as Gallus inauris - is debatable, scientists generally agree that it is pre-Columbian. There is archeological evidence that this bird is native to the Americas. It is reported to have occurred in Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Peru, and Easter Island. It still occurs in the wild in southern Chile and on Easter Island.
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Post by gallito on May 8, 2016 19:14:26 GMT -5
The native range of the muscovy's probable wild ancestor covers much of Central America and northern South America. The domestic form also occurs over most of Latin America - from southern Chile to the northern limits of traditional culture in lowland Mexico - including the Caribbean, where it was present shortly after Columbus landed.3 The birds can be observed among the domestic fowl in the high Andes, for example, and are feral in southern coastal areas of the United States.
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Post by gallito on May 8, 2016 19:18:31 GMT -5
CHACHALACAS These brownish birds (Ortalis vetula and nine other species) are found throughout Central and South America, and, given research, could possibly be raised on a large scale. A sort of "tropical chicken," they tame easily, live together in dense populations, and protect their chicks extremely well. They commonly scavenge around houses and people often put out scraps to feed them.2 The chicks are easily hatched, grow fast, and can be fed standard chicken rations. So,chicken isn't native to Colombia but there are other native birds that taste like chicken...
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Post by buenopues on May 9, 2016 8:38:50 GMT -5
Original non domesticated Muscovy ducks are indeed native to Colombia. I saw a pair near Puerto Nariño on the Amazon. Reports say the wild population is in decline. I have Chachalacas visit my yard fairly frequently. They make a hell of a racket.
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Post by buenopues on May 9, 2016 12:54:37 GMT -5
In fact funny I said that because a group showed up not long after I posted. There was a hen and chick amongst them. Not great photos but you can see what they are.
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Post by gallito on May 9, 2016 13:03:26 GMT -5
Bird Crazy;perhaps you should pop over to the other bird threads; Colombia Travel
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