Image of Egyptian Fruit Bat

Description:

These bats were taken by local hunters from caves in the Bakossi Mountains of Cameroon. The hunters use ancient techniques to capture bats. They cut long sticks of rattan palm and gum them up with tree sap. Then positioning themselves outside of well-known caves, the hunters swing their sticky-sticks through the flocks of bats entrapping unfortunate individuals. Rather than dashing the bats onto the rocky cave flood, the hunters use their teeth to crush the bats head. These bats are consumed locally, and smoked for sale in larger cities including Kumba.