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-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-up4·6 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}
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?