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PHOTOS: Apaches hunt for packrats, a prized delicacy
Twila Cassadore teaches two Apache teenagers how to rake out a packrat nest to find gloscho. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
The hunting party surrounds a nest after a gray, fat packrat scurried from another. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
Kim Adams (left), William Hooper and Keelono Bond (right) pose with their prize trophy. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
Packrat mansions, like this one, are made from heaps of decaying leaves and feces underneath the root systems of cacti and agave. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
Kim Adams searches for packrats near the Natural Corral on the San Carlos Apache Reservation. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
Apache teenagers Keelono Bond and William Hopper join Kim Adams to form a packrat hunting party. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
Twila Cassadore holds onto a limp packrat in her left hand by its slim tail and a rock in her right. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
Keelono Bond breaks apart a packrat nest with a rake while San Carlos Apache forager Twila Cassadore supervises him. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
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