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General Discussion => General Discussion Boards => Other General Discussion => Topic started by: Spreadbury on September 05, 2010, 02:12:41 pm
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i'll probably get karma'd down for this and you'll all think it's stupid, but can someone come up with a logical reason why Indigenous Australian's thought that an effective killing tool would be one that flies back at them?
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The 'killing tools' didn't
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"Although non-returning boomerangs throw sticks (or kylies) were used as weapons, returning boomerangs have been used primarily for leisure or recreation. "
(Or you could of just typed boomerang into wikipedia)
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Boomerangs were used to flock up the birds or something, then they'd throw a spear or something to kill the prey. The boomerang isn't really a killing weapon as opposed to a gathering tool.
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Well if it didn't work, you'd think they'd have stopped using it at some point... natural selection and all that.