Mashco-Piro
Organization
The Mashco-Piro are an Indigenous people living in voluntary isolation in the remote Peruvian Amazon, particularly near the Madre de Dios region.
What experts have said about Mashco-Piro
8 statements · 1 positive · 2 negative · 5 neutral
The Mashco-Piro historically kept a particular river undeveloped.
“this particular river had been protected by the violent, mysterious Mashco-Piro nomadic uncontacted tribes.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: I Met An Uncontacted Tribe! The Secret World Hidden In The Amazon Rainforest - Paul RosolieListen at 16:05
The tribe requested bananas during its encounter with outsiders.
“The first thing that they said after coming out of the jungle 1,000 years late to civilization was, send us bananas.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: I Met An Uncontacted Tribe! The Secret World Hidden In The Amazon Rainforest - Paul RosolieListen at 26:13
The tribe primarily eats turtles and monkeys and does not fish.
“They primarily turtles and monkeys. They don't fish. They don't have fish hooks.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: I Met An Uncontacted Tribe! The Secret World Hidden In The Amazon Rainforest - Paul RosolieListen at 32:37
The Mashco-Piro are not cannibals.
“They do not eat humans. They are not cannibal tribes.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: I Met An Uncontacted Tribe! The Secret World Hidden In The Amazon Rainforest - Paul RosolieListen at 32:44
The encounter described was the anthropologist’s first contact with those individuals.
“this was first contact.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: I Met An Uncontacted Tribe! The Secret World Hidden In The Amazon Rainforest - Paul RosolieListen at 33:11
Fear was the dominant emotion for both groups during the encounter.
“the prevailing emotion during this entire thing was fear on both sides.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: I Met An Uncontacted Tribe! The Secret World Hidden In The Amazon Rainforest - Paul RosolieListen at 33:55
The observed Mashco-Piro individuals appeared to be aged roughly 12 to 45.
“we saw people between the ages of probably 12 and 45.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: I Met An Uncontacted Tribe! The Secret World Hidden In The Amazon Rainforest - Paul RosolieListen at 35:27
Outsiders should not enter the tribe’s territory.
“People shouldn't be getting into the places that they live.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: I Met An Uncontacted Tribe! The Secret World Hidden In The Amazon Rainforest - Paul RosolieListen at 38:54
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