In Brazil’s Amazon rain forest a Yanomami woman is pulling down a
termite nest from a tree.
Next,
that woman and a relative split the nest with a machete, impale one half of it
with its open side down, and gather the falling termites on large leaves. Sitting
in hammocks, each woman’s little girl takes care of their baby siblings.
Nearby, another relative is beating the second impaled half nest with
leaves to help termites to dislodge and fall on the large leaves below. The women
will wrap the termites in leaves and cook them on the embers of a fire.
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