
Napoleon Chagnon - Blood Is Their Argument Part I [6.6.13]
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The Conflict of Native Peoples
When I went visiting the Al-Mama from one village to another, I had a shotgun and I was a pretty good shot. Whenever I'd shoot a monkey, a certain kind of monkey that has this really elegant tail, they used the tail. They'd take the bone of the tail by cutting the tail open, like I was pulling the bone out, and wear the tail on their head during festivals. One day I shot two of these monkeys, Boschos, who was the name of a monkey, and they wanted me to buy. I gave them all the meat. I drew a line, I don't eat primates. Despite blood running down my mouth when I ate it
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