The Mammoth Pirates -- A New Kind Of Gold Rush In Russia
With the sale of elephant tusks under close scrutiny, “ethical ivory” from the extinct woolly mammoth is now feeding an insatiable market in China. This rush on mammoth ivory is luring "tuskers" into the Russian wilderness and creating dollar millionaires in some of Siberia's poorest villages.
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The "perma-frost" has preserved the wooly mammoths, many deep into the earth, so these prospectors dig 'em out.
