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Editor: Wang Lingxiao 丨thepaper.cn

02-22-2017 14:11 BJT

Ancient mammoth ivory

The vast tusk of a long-dead mammoth is carried out of a forest in Yakutia, Siberia. Ancient ivory from mammoths has become so valuable that some prospectors now illegally ‘mine’ them from permafrost. A large tusk can be worth tens of thousands of dollars.

A large mammoth ivory is carried out of a forest in Yakutia, Siberia. An ancient ivory is so priceless that it has become a target of numerous  illegal traders.

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