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Discussion in 'Australia' started by jay, 4 Apr 2012.

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  1. Jabiru96

    Jabiru96 Well-Known Member

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    I guess you can say that about a whole lot of animals with exotic names. For example, with elephants at Taronga, we can call the "watermelon", "prawn", "doll" and the likes but traditional names have been given like "Tang Mo", "Gung" and "Tukta" respectively.
     
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  2. Jarkari

    Jarkari Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Baru is also an aboriginal word for crocodile
     
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  3. ptig

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    Baru

    Isn't Baru an extinct croc as well?
     
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  4. Jarkari

    Jarkari Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Sure is Ptig.
     
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