A FLighTLess BiRd: The CAssoWary
The Cassowary is a very large bird although smaller than an emu or an ostrich.
Females are larger than males. The cassowary has a crest called casque on its head, which helps it work its way through the thick forest. The color of the head and neck can change depending on the mood of cassowary!
Cassowary can run 31 miles per hour and jump up to 5 feet in the air.
They are also excellent swimmers.
Cassowaries are native of NorthEastern Australia, New Guinea and adjacent smaller islands.
They live in humid rainforests but will venture into palm scrub, grassland, savanna, and swamp forests.
The cassowary is an omnivore; it usually eats different types of fruit, seeds, shoots, fungi, small invertebrates and insects.¡
An AnciEnt TecHnique: BArk Painting
For thousands of years, the Aboriginal
people of Australia have been painting
on bark to tell their stories.
Since the languages spoken by the
Aboriginal tribes were not written, painting
was an important means of communication.
The artists grind colored rock to form ochre paints
and use bark from eucalyptus trees for their canvas.
These traditions of bark painting survive in the
Yolngu people who live in Northern Australia.
A bark painting begins with the slash of a sharp axe.
Artists make cuts in the trunks of eucalyptus trees,
then strip away pieces of bark.
All loose external bark is scraped off the piece
and its surface is smoothed. Next, they heat
the bark to flatten it.
people of Australia have been painting
on bark to tell their stories.
Since the languages spoken by the
Aboriginal tribes were not written, painting
was an important means of communication.
The artists grind colored rock to form ochre paints
and use bark from eucalyptus trees for their canvas.
These traditions of bark painting survive in the
Yolngu people who live in Northern Australia.
A bark painting begins with the slash of a sharp axe.
Artists make cuts in the trunks of eucalyptus trees,
then strip away pieces of bark.
All loose external bark is scraped off the piece
and its surface is smoothed. Next, they heat
the bark to flatten it.
Finally, using brushes, twigs, their fingers and
natural pigments they adorn the paintings
with designs handed down by their ancestors.
Monterey Bay Aquarium
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