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As deer are deprived of the most valuable.
Maral - deer, antlers which are of great value due to therapeutic properties.
In the Altai reindeer antlers widespread.
Maralov contain huge special pens (hereinafter referred to as "Park") where they live year-round.
Marals Antlers begin to grow in spring and antlers truncation occurs in May and June, before they had time to ossify.
In the wild deer shed their antlers in the fall. And every year they grow new ones.
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13.06.2010 Altai Republic.
A herd of deer driven into a small pen.
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04. In the paddock of the herd "discourage" (selected) those animals whose antlers big enough.
05. They are driven into the corral smaller.
06. And those whose horns can still porasti released back into the "park".
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10. As a general rule to corral the herd and the breakdown of leaves per day. Maral chosen to spend the night cutting the night in a small paddock.
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12. With the help of small pens gateways, deer driven into the machine.
13. The machine - a soft press. Once an animal gets into the machine, the floor falls and red deer is clamped in the press.
14. Doors, windows at the machine necessary for the animal not seen people before will be clamped in the press.
15. Before truncation deer antlers have taken up to a liter of blood, which is used for the preparation of medicaments.
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18. Then the deer immediately released
19. Obezrozhenny Maral escapes back into the park.
20. Older and experimental animals is well remembered that awaits them.
21. And we have to work hard red deer was still in the machine.
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42. After all the antlers are cut off - lunch. But usually eat mutton.
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44. After cutting the antlers attributed to the brew. Melting - the first of several steps preserving valuable product.
45. visiting tourists is gaining a bucket of water from the bath where boiled antlers.
46. Antlers boiled several times in a couple of minutes.
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49. Each batch after cooking include in wind dryer.
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53. "Wind" [drying] - a room with latticed walls. Here antlers dried.
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Conservation process ends at the end of the summer. Then the antlers are ready to sell.
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