National Geographic - Our World
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37 Secondary Close-up NEW EDITION 38 English Explorer 40 Aspire 42 English Insights 43 Reading Adventures 44 Time Zones NEW EDITION 45 Holiday Explorer 45 Link Up 45 Gateway to Science 45 Bushman poison is legendary. Some hunters are said to use a mix of snake venom and cactus juice; some prefer the essence of crushed scorpion and trapdoor spiders. Here in the Kalahari they use the most lethal of all Bushman poisons, the grubs of the Diamphidia and Polyclada beetles, mixed with tree gum. And there is no certain antidote. FACT Near Welcom (Welkom), on the border of Gemsbok-Kalahari National Park, South Africa | Bushmen, one a child, hunt in the dunes near their camp. Photographer: Chris Johns