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Tribal Olympians

The London Olympics will test the athletic limits of the world's most talented sportsmen and women.

To celebrate the 2012 games, Survival reveals some of the astonishing skills of the world's tribal peoples, from the Awá archers of the Amazon to the Bajau divers of Borneo and the Tarahumara long-distance runners of northwestern Mexico.

Words by Joanna Eede.

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A young boy with home-made wooden goggles grasps the tail of a tawny nurse shark as it pulls him through the shallow waters of the South China Sea.

The Bajau people of Sabah, Sulawesi, can free-dive up to 20 metres deep when hunting for fish, pearls and sea cucumbers on the sea-bed.

Known as 'sea gypsies', the Bajau spend most of their lives at sea; when they free-dive, they can hold their breath for up to three minutes.

Scientists have discovered that the Bajau are submerged for up to 60% of the time they spend in the water, which is nearly as long as a sea-otter.

Picture © James Morgan (http://jamesmorganphotography.co.uk)/Survival

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