iz ards , ▁land ▁c rab s ▁and ▁birds . ▁While ▁T ain os ▁kept ▁dogs ▁and ▁Mus c ovy ▁du cks , ▁only ▁dogs ▁were ▁reported ▁by ▁early ▁obser vers , ▁or ▁found ▁at ▁Luc ay an ▁sites . ▁Less ▁than ▁twelve ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁meat ▁e aten ▁by ▁Luc ay ans ▁came ▁from ▁land ▁animals , ▁of ▁which ▁three - quarters ▁came ▁from ▁ igu anas ▁and ▁land ▁c rab s . ▁More ▁than ▁ 8 0 ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁meat ▁in ▁the ▁Luc ay an ▁di et ▁came ▁from ▁marine ▁fish es , ▁almost ▁all ▁of ▁which ▁gra zed ▁on ▁se agr ass ▁and / or ▁cor al . ▁Sea ▁t urt les ▁and ▁marine ▁m amm als ▁( West ▁Indian ▁mon k ▁se al ▁and ▁por po ise ) ▁provided ▁a ▁very ▁small ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁meat ▁in ▁the ▁Luc ay an ▁di et . ▁The ▁balance ▁of ▁di et ary ▁meat ▁came ▁from ▁marine ▁m oll us ks . ▁ ▁Other ▁plant ▁products ▁The ▁Luc ay ans ▁grew ▁cot ton ▁( G oss yp ium ▁bar bad ense ) ▁and ▁to b acco , ▁and ▁used ▁other ▁plants ▁including ▁ag ave , ▁fur cra ea ▁and ▁h ib is cus ▁for ▁fi ber ▁in ▁fish ing ▁n ets . ▁One ▁of ▁Columb us ' s ▁sail ors ▁received ▁ ▁of ▁cot ton ▁in ▁trade ▁from ▁a ▁single ▁Luc ay an ▁on ▁Gu an ah ani . ▁Although ▁Columb us ▁did ▁not ▁see ▁to b acco ▁in ▁use ▁by