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Twelve wallaby incisors from a Cape York rockshelter carry tiny grass tree resin balls on their roots. Not tools. Probably a necklace, 1,200 years old, and the first of its kind ever found outside a burial in northeast Australia. #Archaeology #CapeYork #MaterialCulture https://www.anthropology.net/p/twelve-wallaby-teeth-with-resin-balls
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Grip it in his left foot and rock out, banging it rhythmically against a hollow tree trunk to impress a female. Throw the stick to the ground like a rock star smashing a guitar at the end of a set once he's finished.They each have their own totally unique drumming rhythm and instrument design preference, which they actually teach to their sons over many years.
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Drumming for love
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Male Palm Cockatoos are famous for being the rock stars of the bird world. They are the only non-human animals known to craft and use musical instruments for mating displays.The male Palm Cockatoo will:Snap a thick branch off a live tree or find a large, hard seed pod. Whittle it down with his massive beak to custom specifications (some prefer short and stubby, others like them long and thin).
#photography
#birds
#PalmCockatoo
#CapeYork
#NewGuinea
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ππ»ββοΈ TIL: π·οΈπΈοΈ Researchers from #Macquarie University discovered a new ballista #spider species in #Queenslandβs #CapeYork #rainforest that builds a spring-loaded web snare targeting green tree #ants.
When an ant bites the cone, tension lines fire it into the web at 1,367 m/sΒ² β roughly 140 G β making this the most power-dense biological catapult known. The spiderβs use of pheromone-mimicking silk represents a #hunting strategy not seen before in any #arachnid.
#ballista #australia #biology #biomechanics #evolution #science #wildlife #entomology #predator
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ππ»ββοΈ TIL: π·οΈπΈοΈ Researchers from #Macquarie University discovered a new ballista #spider species in #Queenslandβs #CapeYork #rainforest that builds a spring-loaded web snare targeting green tree #ants.
When an ant bites the cone, tension lines fire it into the web at 1,367 m/sΒ² β roughly 140 G β making this the most power-dense biological catapult known. The spiderβs use of pheromone-mimicking silk represents a #hunting strategy not seen before in any #arachnid.
#ballista #australia #biology #biomechanics #evolution #science #wildlife #entomology #predator
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β§ Australian brushturkey β§
The Australian brushturkey (Alectura lathami) is a species of bird in the Megapode family, Megapodiidae. It is found in eastern Australia, from Far North Queensland to the South Coast region of New South Wales, as well as on Kangaroo Island in South Australia, where it is an introduced species. The Australia...
#SouthAustralia #SouthCoast #Australia #CapeYork #Queensland #Wikipedia
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Crafty stingray outmaneuvers hammerhead shark during βhigh-speed chaseβ off Australia
An Australia-based fisherman has captured extraordinary footage showing a large ray trying to outrun a hammerhead shark inβ¦
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #BrodySutton #CapeYork #hammerheadshark #Science
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Crafty stingray outmaneuvers hammerhead shark during βhigh-speed chaseβ off Australia
An Australia-based fisherman has captured extraordinary footage showing a large ray trying to outrun a hammerhead shark inβ¦
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #BrodySutton #CapeYork #hammerheadshark #Science
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Crafty stingray outmaneuvers hammerhead shark during βhigh-speed chaseβ off Australia
An Australia-based fisherman has captured extraordinary footage showing a large ray trying to outrun a hammerhead shark inβ¦
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #BrodySutton #CA #Canada #CapeYork #hammerheadshark #Science
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Iβm fortunate enough though to know of a #Dreamtime tale hailingyy from the #CapeYork peninsula.
This story is about βOld Eelgin,β a powerful and feared grasshopper woman. She controlled Gaiya, an enormous devil-dingo with glowing red eyes.
She would command Gaiya to hunt & kill men from the neighbouring tribes to eat.
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HENSOLDT erhΓ€lt Auftrag zur Lieferung von Radarsystemen fΓΌr das Space Centre Australia
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https://www.hensoldt.net/de/news/hensoldt-erhaelt-auftrag-zur-lieferung-von-radarsystemen-fuer-das-space-centre-australia/17.10.2024
#ASRNG #Australia #Australien #CapeYork #HENSOLDT #Luftfahrt #MSSR2000 #Radar #SCA #SpaceCentreAustralia
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β§ Qalaherriaq β§
Qalaherriaq (c.β1834 β 1856) was an Inughuit hunter from Cape York in northwestern Greenland. Born around 1834 and baptized Erasmus Augustine Kallihirua, he was taken aboard the British barque HMS Assistance in 1850 as an interpreter during the search for Franklin's lost expedition. He guided the ship to Wolstenholme Fjord to inve...
#CapeYork #Greenland #WolstenholmeFjord #Inughuit #Franklin #Wikipedia
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Undoubtedly the gastronomic highlight of our recent trip to the tip of the top of mainland Australia. Locally caught freshly cooked large crayfish with salad & chips at the Seisia resort - yummy.π₯³π·π·
#travel #photography #crayfish #CapeYork #food