France, French Guiana, Amazonian Park, heart zone, Camopi, Amerindian family Teko in bivouac on the Camopi river for a traditional nivrée fishing, which consists in spreading an extremely powerful milky substance called rotenone, contained in the sap of the hali hali lianas, and which acts on the respiration of the fish, the poison is slowly dilutes in water and in a few seconds the fish are asphyxiated, the active molecule does not penetrate into the muscles of the fish, the fish can be eaten without danger

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