The Meriam Elders in the eastern Torres Strait have long known that the stars twinkle because of strong, high winds, and used these dancing stars to predict the coming of the wet season. The Gumbaynggir people would treat wounds with the sap of the bloodwood tree, which crystallised over the cut to stop bleeding and acted as an antiseptic. The Gunditjmara people invented a net to catch eels made of grasses woven into a tube-like shape. Eels would be drawn to the cosy nook, slither in and get stuck - just like a finger trap.
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Swamp Wallabies: 3 BIG ecological impacts of a small marsupial
Swamp Wallabies fertilise our forests, help lockup carbon, spread native plants and fungi through the landscape, and support dozens of insects and other invertebrates. Their versatile ecology has also helped to buffer our ecosystems from the effects of megafauna and mesofauna extinctions...
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Seabirds that can’t get wet: the bizarre lifestyle of frigatebirds
There are a lot of weird birds in the world. A couple that spring to mind are...
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