There are 10 pieces in the collection, each named after an unusual yet actual animal, such as the Pink Fairy Armadillo, the Panda Ant or the
Thorny Devil. All are prefaced by a comedic poem and delightful drawing.
The
thorny devil lizard soaks up what little rain there is through its skin.
Like the
thorny devil, many of the world's 4,500 lizards may appear to be tough.
We watched
thorny devil (Moloch horridus) lizards snuffle up ants just inches from our noses at the reptile habitat.
The baroque spikes on the Australian
thorny devil are like nothing one would see today in a manufactured product, but the semi-enclosed 100-micrometer channels running along the scaly spikes can condense dew in the desert air and carry it to the lizard's mouth.
For example, the drinking adaptations of the
thorny devil led to an investigation into the porosity of materials.
He killed 13 animals worth around 7,000 Australian dollars (pounds 3,000), including a turtle, bearded dragons and
thorny devil lizards, Mr Neindorf said.
Christine Nicholls (2001:29) describes Petyarre's work as representing the travels of her
Thorny Devil ancestor in a semiotic shorthand that stands for the longer oral narrative.
Desert The
thorny devil The barrel cactus This biome receives less lizard has a body has a pleated shape than 25 cm (10 in.) of covered with tiny that lets it expand precipitation a year.