As the grubs develop, the farmer checks the readiness of the grubs by listening to the sound their mandibles make when crunching through and eating the palm tree fibers. Once the sound is right, the farmer cuts open the tree with a machete and harvests the grubs. Hunting is another way to supplement the diet with animal protein. Antelope and duiker are found in the forests of Bandundu. Here Tata Mukobo has shot a small duiker.
Customs require that the head and a leg of the animal be given to the village chief.
The hunter and his family share the rest of the animal. Another species of antelope found more in savannah habitat . Field rats are also eaten. These rats are harvested by setting fire to savanna grass. As rats run out of the burning and smoking grass, they are trapped.