Chewy, I did a night walk to the trestle bridge, but my gang were so noisy and they insisted on torches all the way (they don't share the yowie interest, but they indulge me sometimes), but it was impossible to really hear or see anything. I did the walk up to the Toorongo Falls and Amphitheatre Falls, too. It's pretty much lush temperate rainforest there (at least I think that's the scientific term) and always seems to be dripping, muddy and wet, even in summer. Do you know where I mean? It's beautiful to walk in, but it's hard to imagine enjoying existing in that kind of damp, mushy humidity, but then I'm not covered in long, thick hair. Thank god.
I was thinking as I squelched through the forest about yowie habitat and if they preferred inhabiting wetter or drier areas in any given forest, or both. Access to a source of fresh water would be an obvious reason to inhabit an area, but would high humidity bother them or not at all. Would they bed down in a place as wet as that, or find a drier spot a few kilometres away and just go down for a drink?
Would they have different kinds of pelts depending on the climate (temp and level of humidity) just like other mammals?
Would the colour of their pelt be related to the colours of their surroundings? Like polar bears and grizzlies?
The climate and the type of forest growing along the Great Dividing Range varies so much from south to north. That would have to influence the development of certain characteristics, like thickness of pelt or perhaps even foot formation (three-toed or webbed), wouldn't it?.
And, not including the little hairy man for the moment, does that mean different species of yowies might exist or are they the same species, but different races, like we humans are?
Are these dumb questions? Didn't pay attention in my biology basics class at high school. Was too busy reading books about bigfoot and UFOs under the desk
I think the grey hairs (the little that is left) slow me down !!!! 