It was almost overnight.

So they just showed up.

Were y'all immediately suspicious of that?

Yeah.

On the last episode of Bear Grease, we learned. at least suspicious of that? Yeah.

On the last episode of Bear Greece,

we learned about the black market caviar trade

in the United States and how the number one source

is the American paddlefish, an ancient beast older than the dinosaurs that can reach

up to 160 pounds and females often produce up to 20% of their body weight in black eggs, almost worth their weight in gold.

We've learned about how the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife created a controversial program

that allowed anglers to donate their eggs to the state, then Kaviar

was made and sold on the legal market to raise money for conservation, and it raised over 10 million dollars but this week

were transitioning in the chronology of the caviar black market and the players

were completely shocking to me.

It was none other than the Russians.

This is a wild story about the cultural value of caviar

and what some people were willing to do to get it. I really doubt that you're going to

want to miss this one. And I want to let you know that soon you'll be able to watch

video, that's right, video of the Bear Grease

Render Podcast which is our every other week podcast where we dissect the actual

Bear Grease Podcast I know it's. All this you'll be able to see on

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