Bovine Monroe

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Water buffalo Water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) were imported into the Northern Territory in the 19th century. They were used for fresh meat as well as working animals. When the earl y remote settlements were abandoned in the mid 1900s the animals were released and became feral. Their numbers have increased and they are now considered a pest. They are enormous beasts reaching as much as 1200kg and they thrive in the wettest years. This playful design is a hat-tip to the late great Andy Warhol, in particular his colourful repeated screen prints of Marilyn Monroe. The idea came to me while staring down a huge buffalo blocking the road to my house one night. I was grateful to be in a large solid 4WD while I contemplated putting lipstick on the imposing beast. Show more