The Honey Ants Dream
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Audrey Martin, as we were harvesting the honey ants' nest, threw her burrowing stick at a lizard. The scene played out in a few seconds despite the outside temperature of 40°. This 59-year-old Aborigine woman threw the stick and began digging up a rabbit hole where the reptile went to hide, triumphantly dragging the lizard out and finishing it off.///Audrey Martin pendant notre récolte de fourmis à miel a lancé son bâton fouisseur contre un lézard. La...
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