Illegal Amazon Jungle Meat!! Peru’s SHOCKING Belen Market!!

would you take a look at this last time

on our cross-country Peruvian food tour

what is the logic behind it we feasted

on Mountain meat in Peru's Highlands I

think you're so very much

now we're leaving the Andes and heading

Eastward to the city of Iquitos gateway

to the Amazon this place has a lot of

rivers right now we're basically on

their Supra Highway they have almost no

Bridges if you got across you got to

take one of these

this city of half a million is home to

the controversial Belden Market I

thought I'd seen my share of shock

inspiring bazaars like tomahome Market

in Indonesia where you'll find piles of

fruit bats meant for consumption have

you ever had that

you have what do you mean

or Vietnam's not Sea Market where bug

vendors sell fresh salads complete with

live dragonfly larva this is one of the

most terrifying insect Creations I've

ever seen in my life

still nothing could have prepared me for

this place uh Oro take a look at this I

don't want to take a look at it

foreign

Block Maze of tables meat fruit and

fabrics you'll stumble upon unlikely

proteins that were hunted and shipped

straight from the nearby Amazon jungle

do they keep the foot attached so you

know what animal it is yes what is this

today I'm on a mission to discover this

Market's most extreme food it is a

little bit like salmon is your mouth

numb

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the locals love it

it all starts here with breakfast

bananas

Sava bean stew fried fish grilled meat

and a whole array of other breakfast

options are offered here at Belden

Market which most grabbed my attention

this morning is this I thought I've seen

chicken prepared every way possible here

it's basically a chicken spine being

used as a dish a vessel to hold all the

eggs I'm used to this that's unlaid eggs

and this right here this is intestine

usually in some countries it would take

these eggs out sell them separately

I thought they put an egg here no they

didn't put it in they just didn't take

it out Jesus before an egg can be late

it must be formed inside the hen

starting as an unlaid yolk is there a

name for this dish

the yolk then transforms into a fully

formed egg with an egg white and a shell

after about 20 hours in this case the

egg met a premature ant and was boiled

while still inside the hen but this

two-for-one deal was certainly no

accident

some eggs

you lost me uh stick the finger of a

chicken's ass what was the reason for

that again meet our local guide edus he

was born in a small village a two-day

boat ride into the Amazon jungle today

he's here to guide us through this

country's most extreme Market ah to

realize if he has eggs or not because

how do you know that a chicken has eggs

inside well clearly yeah with this I've

never had to peel my egg out of the

intestine and then peel the shell mine

doesn't want to get out into like look

for it maybe if somebody shoved their

finger up there too far

Cheers Cheers

this is like egg so this is a standard

hard-boiled chicken egg roll let's eat

some of this it's intestinal fat way but

the intestine is still inside so that

means they didn't clean it up yeah are

we eating

um sometime Lord is Laura say more is

more sorry Optimus well let's just go

for it stop thinking so much all right

what yeah juicy my man yeah more is more

it tastes almost like a really juicy

chicken breast has a great texture so

more delicious this chicken is about the

most normal thing you'll find in this

market but among the beef bits pork

parts and jungle Meats fish are consumed

most often

Seafood here in this market a lot of

fish is it all from the Amazon yeah the

diamond River we have 600 kind of fishes

this city is surrounded by rivers and it

butts up against the Amazon rainforest

where a wide variety of freshwater fish

are caught and brought here to sell from

giant catfish to species new and exotic

some sectioned up to Southern chunks and

some already ready to eat like this

what kind of fish is this Corvina a type

of firm white fish similar to sea bass

women eating a lot of fish from the

ocean so this has a lot of minerality

like a freshwater fish

this Market is kind of famous for the

different wild animals that it has here

but before we get started my first

question is how dangerous is this Market

you know I've traveled to many places in

the world and once in a while we need

security you know when I went to

Johannesburg when I went to Lagos in

Nigeria we needed guys with guns but

today at this market we've brought three

extra people to come watch our back

what's going on because over here a lot

of people there are some big Pockets

yeah it's still in some things like cell

phone cameras if you're a tourist and

you come here should you come here alone

or not coming along we're a little bit

more down to the market if they use

knife or organ

yeah

yeah this is Berlin Market a glimpse

into the soul of Peru

deeper into the market I begin to spot

wooden tables piled high with mystery

meat

closer look reveals the animal

appendages still remaining helping to

identify just which species you're

looking at so this is a giant meat pile

there's probably 300 pounds of meat here

at least I would say can I pick it up by

the toes

oh what is this a pig yes Pig wild pig

wild pig

this smells like it's smoke yeah does

that make it last longer yeah how long

will this stay good six months six

months yeah because it's dry and salt

wait what is this guinea pig guinea pig

fantastic well Oro knows all about the

guinea pig oh my God

they change shape I did

you tell by the color of the hair

oh I'm guessing this did not come from a

farm no no no no it's a white it's a

wild deer how far away from here do you

think this deer came from almost three

days by boat

the vast green Amazon rainforest

blankets 60 percent of Peru a thriving

and diverse ecosystem that's a Lifeline

for the locals markets like this have

emerged as vital trading hubs fueling

the economic engine of the region

however the Journey of this meet on this

table has its own story

freelance Hunters spend up to a week

voyaging deep into the Amazon jungle by

boat there they hunt for any

force-dwelling creatures that cross

their path how many deer will a hunter

try to get or how many animals 10 12 or

20 not just one once the hunter

accumulates a pile of varying animal

protein it's sold here to Distributors

it's not like oh we happen to like

smoked meat there's no other option they

must smoke it in the jungle then or else

it cannot be preserved it's not going to

make the journey back here to eat the

meat do you have to cook it more or can

you eat it like this yeah you can eat it

like that this is incredible because

this was just in the jungle probably

days ago or actually he said it could

last six months should we get a piece

from the bottom

all right I want to try just a little

piece of deer it smells like charcoal it

smells deary

it tastes like turkey it's really salty

it seems like something they would put

in a soup do you put this in soup yeah

because after they put in the water the

check out a little bit of salt right

like it's a meat and a seasoning next

the board it looks gummy on the inside

it's okay to eat them yeah I got pept

invisible in the first aid kit I may

need it

a little bit more sweet insanely salty

Smoky and softer fantastic this is a

good start let's see what else we got

animals range in price but species that

are harder to find or hunt will Garner a

few more souls than easier to find

animals like wild boar or deer

live animals this little guy is called a

pygmy marmoset the world's smallest

primate guys take a look at this it's

got a big tail it could fit in a shot

glass it is so tiny and you can see it's

a little brain time to figure out what

is going on and why this giant is

looking at him I've never seen something

more adorable than this live animals

stay fresh longer and they can fetch a

higher value like these tortoises here

we stumbled upon the yellow-footed

tortoise you can see right here it's a

little tail it's a little feet and they

keep it upside down so he can't get away

this is built to survive in nature but

it's not built for the ultimate Predator

Hungary peruvians and the rainforest

this is the shell of a much bigger

tortoise you can see in here the actual

turtle eggs they will actually use the

shell to make kind of a soup or a stew

out of the turtle bits and parts here

they've also classified the turtle Parts

into different piles so we have a turtle

liver we have Turtle intestine Turtle

heads and then my favorite oh

the turtle penis it's a slippery little

guy now this is not going to waste

either but people aren't just simply

eating it they put it into wine they let

the wine and the penis get all happy

together then you drink that wine and

guess what it's an aphrodisiac it gives

you stamina it helps you with your

action on the lookout for food I'm

quickly drawn to a myriad of exotic

insect options like beetle larva and

even this right here we have stingless

Amazonian bees what's most interesting

about it is the color I guess the hive

is dark kind of Blackish Brown the bees

are black and I'm gonna try a bite of

the hive stingless bees are closely

related to Common honeybees but they're

darker in color with bigger mandibles

that can inflict a painful bite I see

actual eggs or I'm not eating maggots am

I their nests are usually found in

hollow tree trunks termite nests or Rock

crevices

that's really sour it's not even sticky

it's just waxy it almost is like taking

a bite of a lime

this part you're supposed to spit up I'm

not being rude that's wax you want me to

eat wax I'm not gonna do it a stunning

Discovery something like I've never seen

before I'm told this type of Honey is

being more and more sought after because

it has medicinal applications is that

Chrome I don't know hopefully it heals

me soon

because I am a Broken Man

what do people not eat here when it

comes to meat is there any meat that

people don't eat yes so only that

Dolphins because in the Amazon River or

in this market everything that moves

that people is eating they have a legend

that the Dolphins are humans from

another life right so that's why they

don't eat it but otherwise aside from

the dolphin everything else no problem

no problem holy cow

well Aura we found something new that's

for sure take a look at this I don't

want to take a look at this what is this

so this is a red howler monkey

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oh my God that's a beautiful monkey

is this legal to eat

because it's a dangerous species every

year we have a less monkeys the

different species

the topic of endangered species here

appears to be well understood yet it

doesn't cause much of a stir so this

one's endangered the woman selling it is

very aware that we're filming right now

we ask permission

she's not worrying no because everybody

is eating this is

this is one Local's understanding but

outside experts espouse a different

story claiming indigenous communities

are allowed to hunt and eat wild game

but selling the meat at all is

prohibited half a block behind we have

the police station but that's not the

problem is illegal when I find some

animal is alive but like that but

another problem so it's it's too late

yes too late

much like other parts of South America

there's a wide gap between what's

illegal and what's actually enforced by

men in uniform can I pick one up oh this

is literally the hand it looks kind of

like a human hand but with sharper

fingernails you can see the there's like

a paw pad here it smells exactly the

same as what we tried already yeah it

just smells like smoked meat oh my god

oh

dude man that's so bizarre that is the

head the face I mean there's no

questioning where this came from

you know what's crazy my heart is like

pumping right now like I have a rush of

emotions right now what are you feeling

I don't know I feel like I'm nervous I

think because it's closer to human it

feels even more weird well you don't

have to eat it that's the good news

that's a great news pointing out what's

wrong in this situation isn't hard to do

but unraveling the reasons behind the

people participating in an illicit

Wildlife trade while harming endangered

species that's a tougher nut to crack to

dig deeper we're venturing across the

river to a local neighborhood

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foreign

our local cook soon she'll be preparing

a Meal made from a locally hunted

creature that would strike fear into the

hearts of even the boldest of men I'm

talking about the black alligator but

first we're heading to her food cart for

some safer local options we just got

done touring the market we got to see a

lot of unusual animals including monkey

and here we are eating some chorizo

see or I'm taking care of you very safe

I appreciate it this dish is called

takacho a traditional Peruvian meal

popular in the Amazonian region

made with plantains cooked then mashed

in a large wooden mortar that plantain

putty is formed into big bowls and

served with grilled wild boar skin and

chorizo sausage

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it doesn't have a strong flavor it's not

banana at all just a starchy like a

completely unripe plantain I think that

the reason why you can find the flavor

and maybe you just found it is because

you need to combine it that's right

really good really good I'm loving them

the chorizo is Savory it's a bit like

gritty compared to normal chorizo I

think this is more expressive meaning

the framework it dances

so this is pig skin I like that it's

almost like a bacon it's really chewy

and then it's just full of juice and

flavor delicious

yeah is this meat all from the market

over here

so is this farmed or is this from the

jungle it's like 100 from the jungle you

say that the local people prefer to eat

the wild because the taste is better

what are some of the most rare meats you

find in this market and beef so it's

beef more rare than monkey yeah why

because here you don't have some people

is breeding

um cow they don't have big farms here to

breed cow

I'm very curious about the community

here this is a place like no place I've

been before I'm told there's no way to

actually drive to where we are you have

to either take a boat or you have to

take an airplane this is a small suburb

of Berlin known as San Francisco where

Adelaide and her family spend their time

away from the chaos of the market

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now it's the dry season and the water is

low but during the rainy season flooding

can bring these Waters up another 15

feet that would explain why some of the

houses are so tall yeah would it be okay

if we took a look at your house

despite the challenges this presents

folks here have learned to adapt

to get around they use boats or canoes

in lieu of a four-door sedan

meanwhile their homes are either built

high to avoid flooding or they're built

on giant logs that will later float when

Rising Waters come nice to meet you meet

hazer Adelaide's husband he's just

returned from the market with treasures

in hand I would love if you could walk

me through what we have here this fish

what is this

a prehistoric creature that took its own

evolutionary path you definitely know

they're catfish because they're still

alive and kicking and they have been out

of water maybe at least a day by now

instead of scales their skin is

protected by bony plates known as skews

so feel this front part dude it's like a

fingernail all in is so hard right

they say that it's very ugly but the

face is tasty I thought he was gonna say

it has a good personality

and then here we have the alligator two

different types of Tails between these

two is there anything different about

the taste

he said that this one is harder and it

has more fiber and this one is a little

bit softer which one do you prefer he

prefers this one great let's try the

black one yeah

an apex predator with a strong jaw and

sharp teeth the black caiman is the

largest species of alligator in the

Amazon basin able to grow up to 20 feet

in length and weigh over 1 000 pounds

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as the kitchen heats up adelit will turn

this wild protein into a domesticated

stew she adds tomato sauce to hot oil

then garlic pepper cumin bay leaves MSG

seasoning powder and homemade salsa now

comes the protein dense Bean chunks of

alligator tail meat when is the last

time you had alligator cooked like this

and say that he stays alligator like two

months ago but cooked in a different way

have you ever had alligator oil no well

I have crocodile

is everyone has a U-shaped mouth one has

a v-shaped mouth I try not to get that

close to the mouth so I don't know how

it's shaped

now they do say the black one is a

little bit tougher than the other one it

smells great it looks great let's try it

out

oh that's really good it reminds me of a

chicken breast but more juicy and

there's a slight fishiness to it

actually the flavor is close to a big

fish but the texture is more like a

chicken breast nailed it it's wild that

you can just go to this Market it's so

close to your home and you can buy an

alligator here have you ever caught

these animals

what is the process of catching an

alligator so that you don't die

so what they do they go in a canoe and

they use a harpoon tie to a floating log

because when they they hit the alligator

it tends to leave really fast so with

that log they can identify where it goes

and then cash it wow when you see these

animals do you feel scared

he's saying no he gets happy because

like food like in general it feels like

this is not really a agricultural or

pastoral Society not a lot of crops not

a lot of people raising pigs and cows

and so people go into the jungle they

bring animals from there they eat them

so then that leads to issues with animal

populations for certain species so

people watching this video are going to

go oh that's terrible they shouldn't be

eating all those animals and it's like

great no problem we have a solution

we'll just cut down the forest we'll

grow wheat we'll grow corn we'll make

room for cows and then they'll go no but

you can't cut down the forest either so

then what the [ __ ] do you do if you live

here I mean is there any solution to

like get people off of depending on the

meat from the jungle and move people to

you know pork beef chicken no because

local people is killing for eating every

day people gotta eat yeah is there any

proposed Solution by the government or

by outside organizations are there are

some organizations when you find some

animals in markets policies that take

and are going to the rescue center

that's great for the animals but what

about the people ice breathing some like

hangs but how does our Bible in the

jungle that's the thing like yes you can

have hands and other animals but how

those animals will survive that young

when the water goes or older Animal City

so it's a constant fire of finding what

can we eat with the conditions that they

have right here

compared to the gator preparing the

armored catfish is a breeze simply Grill

the whole fish until the heat finally

penetrates its outer shell and Cooks the

meat inside

whoa do we eat that glad it's almost

away yeah that's the eggs it looks like

just my fish has an egg sack um

okay mine came with a pear

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it smells really fishy Oro cheers

really neutral flavor it feels like Wax

balls it's like rubbery corn I'm still

chewing on it you can feel every

individual egg even the eggs are armored

and they're protected I gotta say

there's not much meat in the fish right

no gosh there's really just maybe a

couple of bites a few morsels there's

not much to it I say that it's not a lot

of meat but it's a treat because it's

really yummy that's pretty good how long

have you lived in this community right

here he's lived here for 15 years we

were with your wife earlier today I can

see that she's cooking food as her job

and what's your main job right now

he transport people from one side to the

other side it's interesting because you

know speaking to different vendors

people working here I ask you know are

you closed on Sundays do you ever have a

day off and they're like no no that idea

is so foreign and when you come to

someone's home like this certainly you

can see the challenges that are here for

people and it makes sense like what are

you gonna do with the day off yeah if

you just had one thing in your life

right now that could make your life

easier what would that be

he said it's just a good job he's a man

of work what kind of job would be ideal

for you

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so he he will hope in the future he can

be a cook or a chef and do more culinary

work sir thank you so much it's a

pleasure meeting you and your family and

drawing this food with you too so thank

you

I will finish my cheese

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well is dripping literally with fish oil

so do you take a fish oil ever you know

for your health vitamin D I get it from

the Sun oh okay can you see it there can

you see the cross the boat ah they have

a pig in a boat the pig is like I've

never been on a boat

music I'm in the time of my life oh okay

you want that angle wait hold on hold on

what are you aware chickens don't have a

separate hole for laying eggs

foreign

for you do you know where the chicken

eggs come out from ah like uh

um like us

that's right have you ever been the one

to do that yeah like a 10 12 or more

time and do you put Vaseline on it first

do you need his help I'm opening this is

my way to open it bam

I thought it would be easier but um

let's throw in the you don't have eggs

in Cuba we do what I can't get over is

that I'm here in South America and

there's tortoises but when I was in

Tanzania or South Africa also tortoises

how explained it is it Pangea is it Joe

Rogan did he do something man he's crazy

because I'm always shopping in Amazon

but I I never thought I would end up

being here in the real Amazon

go still there dude your lips are our

magnet for random Foods there you go

two more

where'd they come from I don't

know wildest meat market and I have

never seen anything like it I hope you

enjoyed it and we're fascinated like me

and maybe it gets even more wild which

it will in the next episode otherwise I

want to say a huge thank you to my man

Oro you can find him right here on

Instagram and follow his fun adventures

in Miami and Beyond guys that is it for

this one thank you so much for watching

I will see you next time

where are we going usually I'll walk

away from the camera but uh