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1. Crossbow hunter beside
a hut in a forest camp.
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Bow & Crossbow Hunting

Hunters and hunted animals

(Baka Pygmies of Cameroon,
Gabon and Congo)
Photos, texts and audio recordings
by Luis Devin
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Soundscape: Greater Spot-nosed Monkey vocalizations
(Cercopithecus nictitans). In the background, African rainforest sounds.
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2. Baka hunter with a
Greater Spot-nosed Monkey
(Cercopithecus nictitans)
shot with poisoned arrows.
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African rainforests
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3. Baka children sitting around
a just-caught Guereza Colobus.
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4. Red-tailed Monkey
(Cercopithecus ascanius).
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5. Baka hunter preparing
the poison for bow
and crossbow arrows.
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6. Hunter with bow
and arrows in front
of a leaves hut.
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7. Luis Devin with a Baka hunter,
leaving for a crossbow hunt.
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Baka Pygmy bow and crossbow hunting, with photos and ethnographic notes
(Baka Pygmies of Cameroon, Gabon and Congo).
Materials: 7 photos, 1 audio recording, descriptive notes, texts.
Page URL: http://www.pygmies.org/baka/crossbow-hunting.asp

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25 hectares (250.000 m²) of forest are destroyed around the world (source: WWF).

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