monitor lizards
Aboriginal fire hunting leads to more lizards
Posted by staff / November 4, 2013Above, Nyalanka Taylor prepares her harvest of monitor lizards for cooking. Populations of monitor lizards—a staple of the Aboriginal diet—nearly double in areas where they are heavily hunted. The hunting method—using fire to clear patches of land to improve the search for game—also creates a mosaic of regrowth that enhances habitat. Where there are no …
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