Amazon Interactive
Making a Living
What do people hunt?
The Quichuahunt small birds and animals using a variety of techniques. The blowgunis an ancient tool--silent and, in the right hands, extremely accurate.Few people use the blowgun nowadays, however. Rifles have almost completelyreplaced them.
The pacawas a common game animal until it became scarce due to overhunting. Pacasand their larger cousin, agoutis, are rodents which live in the forest.They make a delicious meal.
Monkeys, wild pigs, rabbits, deer, and birds and fish of allkinds were also widely hunted. Today, most people must buy meat at the marketwith money earned from commercial agriculture.
Would you liketo learn more about the crops that you'd eat in the Amazon?
