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Slide 20:
On the plains the grasses are green and water can be
Seen laying everywhere on the surface. Sometimes the
Whole plain becomes flooded.
Slide 21:
The Yarrinyarri ( Cyperus bulbosus- bush onion) shoots
Through the wet ground and grows.The bulbs won't be
Ready to be dug up until the surface grass has dried out. It
Is believed that if the Yarrinyarri is polled up during
Mankala, Jidama (lightning) will occur.
Tadpoles are abundant in the waterholes
This tadpole is one of many that swim in the waterholes
that become filled again by the rains.Slide 22:
The heavy rains fill dry lakes.
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Paperbark areas become flooded.
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Jibilyurr ( ducks from the Anatidae family) arrive nest
around the lakes. Their young will hatch and have plenty to eat. In the water there are many tadpoles and insect are everywhere.|
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