On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 10:36:40 +1000, Phosphor <[log in to unmask]>
listed:

> emu, goanna,  dugong,  eggs,  eggs of turtles, ubiquitous freshwater,
> murray cod, freshwater eel, platypus, galahs/cockatoos/plovers
> witchetty grubs,bogong moths, dingo pups, echidna

Andrew, you listed some Australian animal sources of fat.
That was not my challenge. It was:

>> Please specify the *animal* foods aboriginals derived 77% of their
>>calories from.

So how do you come to 77% animal food? Were it two pounds of fatty grubs,
or two platyphus everyday? Or how many emu's per day per aboriginal group?
If you just list some fat sources, most of them marine bound or very
seasonal, I get not idea how much of what our aboriginals could have eaten.
Particularly for outback Australia of course, the real landmass.

Please specify, let say a typical weeks food weight list.
For Arhnem Land for example.
I think 77% could be reached only in short periods of a few weeks at most.

regards

Amadeus