AHC: Get Australian Aboriginals to domesticate an animal

Plateosaurus

Due to a multitude of factors surrounding their environment, australian aborigines never domesticated any fauna or flora outside of dingoes (not that this degrades their cultures in anyway), but the goal of this thread to have at least one tribe domesticate any species of animal, whether spider or any other arthropod, reptile and amphibian, mammal, fish, or even any kind of extinct creature that were present when the first tribes arrived in the Pleistocene.
 
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Richard V

The emu has the most to offer.

There are actually a large number of domesticated Australian species. Various birds, snakes and lizards. Unfortunately most are only useful as pets. There are a few captive bred fish which might be useful in aquaculture.
 

James Ricker

If the giant wombat had survived until the Aborigines arrived it could have been domesticated and become Aboriginal equivalent of cattle. With the benefit that it's square dung would be easily converted into bricks for building.
 
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twovultures

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Tomislav Addai said:
Hmm... Aussies over here, is there any plant looking fit for growing as cereal in Australia?
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Yeah, domesticating an animal without plant agriculture is possible, but not likely. I do agree that the giant wombats are good candidates for a herding-style economy if they could survive the Pleistocene extinctions, and while not a 'classic' domesticate, eel weirs were very close to domestication.

Australia does have native rat species IIRC, perhaps one could take a niche similar to that of the guinea pig in the Andes? Basically a living trashcan for food waste that can be eaten in turn.
 

The Tai-Pan

Richard V said:
The emu has the most to offer.

There are actually a large number of domesticated Australian species. Various birds, snakes and lizards. Unfortunately most are only useful as pets. There are a few captive bred fish which might be useful in aquaculture.
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Those animals are not domesticated but tamed, unless I am forgetting something?
 

Jared

There's a short timeline here by someone whose name escapes me at the moment called Lands of Red and Gold. That features domesticated emus, ducks, quolls, lizards and geese (as well as dingoes).
 

Jared

galanx said:
I admire your definition of short. It has 143 pages in Part 1, and is up to 117 pages in Part II.
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Exhibit A, Look To The West by @Thande. Five closed threads of 218, 109, 98, 109 and 145 pages respectively, and an open thread currently at 14 pages.
Exhibit B, Malê Rising by @Jonathan Edelstein. One main thread of 367 pages, and a spin-off or two.
Exhibit C, Arose From Out The Azure Main by @iainbhx. First thread of 1056 pages (not a typo), a second thread of 500 pages, and an open thread currently at 432 pages.

So yes, Lands of Red and Gold is short. For a given value of short.
 
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Analytical Engine

Jared said:
Exhibit A, Look To The West by @Thande. Four closed threads of 218, 109, 98, 109 and 145 pages respectively, and an open thread currently at 14 pages.
Exhibit B, Malê Rising by @Jonathan Edelstein. One main thread of 367 pages, and a spin-off or two.
Exhibit C, Arose From Out The Azure Main by @iainbhx. First thread of 1056 pages (not a typo), a second thread of 500 pages, and an open thread currently at 432 pages.

So yes, Lands of Red and Gold is short. For a given value of short.
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It's short by Harry Potter book standards...
 

Kaze

Banned
Spiders.

Before you say spiders cannot be domesticated, but they can be utilized:
Poison -> spears, darts, arrows = lots of death for their enemies and hunting
Silk -> Spider silk can be woven into fabric that is stronger than most fabric. With the right weave and the right TL leap you could have a bullet-proof vest
Spider themselves -> putting a spider into somebody's bed is a good way to have them leave home one way or the other
 
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