The fearsome slender-snouted crocodile can make torch lights explode just with its eyes -- so the legend goes in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Legendary hunter Papa Baron Missiki, 91, poses for a photo with a crocodile and his spear on a pirogue on the Congo River in DR Congo on April 7, 2024.MBANDAKA, DR Congo —
His hunting successes include crocodiles of all sizes, caimans, monitor lizards which can grow to more than three metres long, as well as all kinds of fish.Koko is Libinza, a tribe related to the Banunu-Bobangi, who since the 18th century have lived on the banks of the river in northwestern Equateur province and Mai-Ndombe province near the capital Kinshasa."My father left me his spear," Koko said, convinced it is why he almost never misses his target.
He has a deep knowledge of crocodiles. He knows how to communicate with them, attracting them by imitating their cries, he said."That's the moment to deliver him the fatal blow," Koko said."You have to position yourself in the middle of the pirogue because he can appear from anywhere," the hunter continued."If a crocodile bites you, it is important not to scream," Koko warned.
"We would leave to go hunting with bags of salt in the pirogue to ensure the conservation of their skin," Koko said.Nowadays, the selling of wild crocodile skin "is forbidden" to preserve the species, adds the fisherman. "Seeing how easily dwarf crocodiles reproduce, it is impossible this species will disappear," he commented.
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