Wild pigs, camen, alligators, monkeys, orangutans, tapir’s, Jaguars, sloths, armadillo’s, ocelot, snakes, tarantulas, scorpions, otters and various bird types.īlack peppercorns, mustard, vanilla, cinnamon and of course, Brazil nuts. Vegetables are normally difficult to grow in the jungle as they require much more particular conditions than most other plants, and so are normally encountered with a single plant here and there as opposed to patch’s. There are various other small seeds that are eaten, but Maize is the primary grain throughout most of the region.īeans, Cassava, Cacao, Chia, sweet potato, squashes, yams and various plant roots. Maize is pretty much the only type of regular grain that grows wild in the Amazon.

The reason that some of these are not better heard of is due to how costly they are the produce for the fruit yield they provide, making the Amazon home to a huge selection of fruit that no ones ever heard of. Here’s a list of some of the most commonly consumed plants and animals within the Amazon:įresh water dolphin, sting ray, catfish, piranha, eel, freshwater crab, mussels and various other small types of freshwater fish.Īcai berries, Camu Camu fruit, Passion fruit, tomato’s, Cupuacu fruit, oranges, Maracuya, Aguaje, coconuts, Lemons, grapefruit, bananas, pineapples, mangoes, avocado and Bacaba to name but a few. Because of this tribes normally live a hunter – gatherer lifestyle, which has served tribes that live here well for hundreds, if not thousands of years.

The only difficulty the occupants of this jungle have is farm land, as openings large enough to plant anything are extremely rare, and chopping down a load of ancient trees with primitive axes is often to much work.

As for what they actually eat, tribes within this particular jungle have access to a wider range of food than any other jungle on the planet.īecause the Amazon is by far the biggest jungle, it’s also home to the widest variety of wild food, which has often been allowed to grow untouched for generations. Tribes within the Amazon are often much friendlier than people think, and only want to protect their land and their people. When people think of Amazonian tribes, one thing seems to consistently pop up, and that’s cannibalism, and although it has been well documented throughout tribes across the world, its much rarer than people may think.

Wild tribes of the jungle