Deceptichum@quokk.au to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days ago[Australia] An Eastern Arrernte man of the Arltunga district, Northern Territory, in 1923. His hut is decked with porcupine grass.quokk.auexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link[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 · 12 days agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days agoPorcupine grass sounds like something useful for keeping predators at a safer distance.
minus-squaremerde alors@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agopredators? in Australia??
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 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?