The Bunyip
Introduction
The Bunyip is an Aboriginal Dreaming story. It is said that it has the head of an emu or a man, the body of a hippo, Ghostly eyes and a long tail.
Data
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Habitat: Billabongs and swamps. |
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Food: The tender flesh of women and children. |
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Noise: A blood curling cry when approached. |
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Hibernate: The bunyip doesn't hibernate. |
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Age: Thousands of years old. |
Did You Know?
Did you know that the bunyip is Nocturnal?
If it can't kill anything it will eat weed and plants?
The Bunyip has a memory of three minutes?
The aboriginals tried to scare off the European Settlers by telling them a story about The Bunyip?
Glossary
Blood curling: Really scary.
Aboriginal: The people before European Settlers.
Nocturnal: Only comes out at night.
Ghostly: Spectral.
Habitat: Where something lives.
This is a plastic model of the Bunyip at Murray Bridge. You put in $1 and it comes up three times.
By James K ©