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Names
Language Name
Gamilaraay/Gamilaroi/Kamilaroi Yabaa
Yuwaalaraay:
Yuwaalayaay:
Common name: Carpet Python
Scientific name: Morelia spilota
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How does it Look - Feel - Smell - Taste?
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE
A slow fat snake with patches of different colours
WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE
hard
WHAT DOES IT TASTE LIKE
Great grandmothers totem. We do not eat them
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Source: Bernadette Duncan
Food, Medicine and Other Uses
FOOD:
MEDICINE:
OTHER:
skin used for clothing - like belts
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Where Is It Found?
WHERE IS IT FOUND
In our Border River Catchment
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What Is Its Character?
WHAT IS IT’S CHARACTER
Taught to respect and be mindful of Yabaa
It is a TOTEM
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Connection to People
WHAT IS ITS CONNECTION TO PEOPLE
Taught to respect and be mindful of Yabaa
My Aunty used to have one as a pet. She said it come in when it was really little. She fed it milk and it kept coming back. It grew really big and she used to lay her head on it.
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Connection to Other Plants/Animals
CONNECTION TO OTHER PLANTS/ANIMAL
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