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a mammoth tusk hunter in Siberia
March 30, 2013

Mammoth Tusk Hunter, Siberia

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Siberian hunter Slava Dolbaev uses a spear to dig out a corkscrewed mammoth tusk from a coastal ice cliff. Prying loose a single tusk can take hours, even days. Tusk hunters often leave colored beads or silver jewelry as offerings to local spirits.

See more pictures from the April 2013 feature story "Of Mammoths and Men."

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Photograph by Evgenia Arbugaeva, National Geographic

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