Weeping: The crocodiles were hunted for the fashion industry and because of their power to protect people against evil. The once lucrative hunting industry is waning but legendary hunter Papa Baron Missiki, 91, still has the skill to catch the reptiles. Photo: Arsene Mpiana/AFP
The fearsome slender-snouted crocodile can make torch lights explode just with its eyes — so the legend goes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Along the Congo River, such myths stay with the Banunu fishermen, even if their traditions and livelihoods are not what…
