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It took four Noongar men to hoist the warm, lifeless kangaroo onto the hooked limb from which they skinned and gutted their kill. Working the carcass with an agile knife, 28-year-old Christopher Nannup carved lean chunks from the tangle of fur and sinew. Ribs, thighs, torso and tail were loaded onto the truck to be shared among family and friends.

“I’m just hoping that he’s tender,” said Franklin Nannup, Christopher’s uncle and a respected local elder who assisted the hunt.

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