Deceptichum@quokk.au to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago[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 · 7 days agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squaremerde alors@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 days agoif 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-up3·7 days agoPorcupine grass sounds like something useful for keeping predators at a safer distance.
minus-squaremerde alors@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agopredators? in Australia??
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 days agoFWIW, 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?