In June in the rainforests of the northwest of the Republic of Congo, the trees rain caterpillars. For the Mbendjele pygmies who live there, it's boom time. For a few weeks each year, children climb the 45-metre-tall rnsapelli trees and shake the branches, sending hundreds of newly hatched caterpillars down to the waiting women, who dry and cook the creatures to eat or sell.
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