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HABITAT SEASONAL SUMMARY SHEET
Habitat: Nagulu (Sea)
Season: Mankala
Plant life: (Indications of seasonal change, plants growing rapidly, plants flowering, plants fruiting)
Dead wingi (seaweed) and wurrja (sponges) are washed ashore by rough seas.
Animal life: (Animals seen, young appearing, animals fat and skinny)
Gurlibil (Chelonia Mydas- green turtle) and others turtles have moved away from the coast. Their eggs can still be collected.
The Jindirrjindirr (Xenorhychus asiaticus – jabiru) are nesting.
Mirnala (Threskiornis aethiopica- ibis) are predominant.
All of the migratory birds that come during Wilbure will stay until Marul.
Birndany (stingray from the Dasaytididae family) and Jurrawayi (Loxodon macrorchinus- sliteye shark) are still fat.
Wanbiny (jellyfish) are plentiful and are a stinging nuisance.
Sea lice are plentiful on the beach.