The Mammoth Pirates - Printable Version +- Rogue-Nation3 (https://rogue-nation3.com) +-- Forum: Mother Earth (https://rogue-nation3.com/forum-40.html) +--- Forum: Fragile Earth (https://rogue-nation3.com/forum-42.html) +--- Thread: The Mammoth Pirates (/thread-839.html) |
The Mammoth Pirates - 727Sky - 09-09-2016 http://www.rferl.org/fullinfographics/infographics/the-mammoth-pirates/27939865.html Absolutely beautiful pictures at the above link: With the ban on Ivory some enterprising Russians have found a way of getting rich while really causing a muddy mess. They are using high pressure water pumps to find Mammoth tusk that have been buried in the permafrost for several thousand years. Click the link for the many pictures and for a detailed description of their methods , the money, the life, and the damage. The blasted Mosquitoes would be enough to drive off all but the most hardy IMO. Quote:By Amos Chapple One 65-kilogram tusk was sold for $34,000 and the same 2 guys found three more tusk.. They are also finding woolly rhinoceros skulls and if they are lucky the horn which can bring around $14,000 in parts of S.E. Asia.... However most will spend their summers excavating only to return empty handed.... Because the area villagers are very poor many used borrowed money to buy the water pumps for their digs... It might get very interesting when the loans are called depending on where they got their money from ? Quote:Ravaged landscape is the obvious result of the tusk hunters’ methods, but the impact on Yakutia’s waterways is far-reaching. RE: The Mammoth Pirates - senona - 09-09-2016 Wow, how intriguing To be honest tho, figured a mammoth tusk would sell for more, you know.... considering how old it is. But at least they are leaving the elephants alone, more or less. Quote:...to nozzles that the prospectors blast straight at the landscape. Oh dear, sounds like global warming happened. /sarcasm When will people accept the natural climatic cycles for what they are. Very interesting, thanks for sharing. Will bookmark so I can read over it some more. RE: The Mammoth Pirates - guohua - 09-09-2016 That is just WRONG! Reminds my husband of pictures he's seen of the Old Gold Rush days in California, they used water cannon to blast away at hills and mountains. The river must be choked with mud and silt and other debri. RE: The Mammoth Pirates - senona - 09-11-2016 (09-09-2016, 04:38 AM)guohua Wrote: That is just WRONG! True that --how they do it by way of destroying the mountains is horrible. Ruining the landscape. |