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Thursday, April 4, 2013
Modern Mammoth Hunters
Fascinating
article
and
photo gallery
at
National Geographic
about the Siberians who hunt for mammoth tusks along the polar coast. A particularly large and fine tusk can fetch up to $60,000; even a small one will support a family through the winter.
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