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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin aims a crossbow during a scientific expedition to study grey whales in the Olga Harbor near the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia on Wednesday, Aug. 25.

Putin on the prowl

By Jonathan Woods, msnbc.com

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has added gray whales to the list of endangered species he has personally helped Russian scientists track.

From the deck of a rubber boat, he fired darts from a crossbow to collect skin samples from a whale swimming near the Kamchatka Peninsula. Back on shore, journalists asked Putin whether it was dangerous.

He told them "to live in general is dangerous" but said he enjoyed Wednesday's adventure. READ MORE

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