Deceptichum@quokk.au to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 天前[Australia] An Eastern Arrernte man of the Arltunga district, Northern Territory, in 1923. His hut is decked with porcupine grass.quokk.auimagemessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down11
arrow-up1107arrow-down1image[Australia] An Eastern Arrernte man of the Arltunga district, Northern Territory, in 1923. His hut is decked with porcupine grass.quokk.auDeceptichum@quokk.au to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 天前message-square7linkfedilink
minus-squaremerde alors@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 天前if you were there, you may have thought that any shelter that keeps you cool is more comfortable than being out under the sun
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 天前Porcupine grass sounds like something useful for keeping predators at a safer distance.
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 天前FWIW, the gardening pages I looked at in re: porcupine grass made no mention of them as being useful for deterring predators. So maybe the dude was just into landscaping?
![[Australia] An Eastern Arrernte man of the Arltunga district, Northern Territory, in 1923. His hut is decked with porcupine grass.](https://quokk.au/pictrs/image/2c74c204-6478-42ad-bdc6-328d6cfd7adf.jpeg){kind=link}
if you were there, you may have thought that any shelter that keeps you cool is more comfortable than being out under the sun
Porcupine grass sounds like something useful for keeping predators at a safer distance.
predators? in Australia??
FWIW, the gardening pages I looked at in re: porcupine grass made no mention of them as being useful for deterring predators. So maybe the dude was just into landscaping?