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- Aussie_salute abstract "The Aussie salute, also known as the Barcoo salute (after the Barcoo River) or Bush salute is the waving of one's hand in front of the face at regular intervals in order to prevent bush flies from landing on it, or entering one's nose or mouth. Pianka characterizes it as a gesture that is \"diagnostic of Australia\". The bush fly (Musca vetustissima) is the species that is the cause of the Aussie salute as opposed to other flies such as the housefly, as the bush fly is attracted to bodily fluids such as sweat, nasal mucus, saliva, blood and eyes. The Aussie salute can often be seen in outdoor television news reports or interviews, a recent example being a news report by ABC Television on flooding in Eugowra. Historically in Australia, the cork hat was worn to discourage flies but has been replaced by insect repellents and mesh masks in areas where the flies swarm.Bush flies are disease vectors, since they walk on dung and on carrion, and if not prevented from doing so can lead to infections, including eye infections such as \"sandy blight\". Pianka reports that the Aussie salute is effective only as long as the flies are not too sticky, and that once a fly has tasted sweat, hand waving is generally useless at encouraging it to leave, with physically wiping the fly off being required.The introduction of the dung beetle as a control mechanism in the 20th century has reduced the population of the bush fly by about 90%.".
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- Aussie_salute wikiPageRevisionID "702617991".
- Aussie_salute wikiPageWikiLink ABC_Television.
- Aussie_salute wikiPageWikiLink Australia.
- Aussie_salute wikiPageWikiLink Barcoo_River.
- Aussie_salute wikiPageWikiLink Blood.
- Aussie_salute wikiPageWikiLink Carrion.
- Aussie_salute wikiPageWikiLink Category:Australian_slang.
- Aussie_salute wikiPageWikiLink Cork_hat.
- Aussie_salute wikiPageWikiLink Dung_beetle.
- Aussie_salute wikiPageWikiLink Eric_Pianka.
- Aussie_salute wikiPageWikiLink Eugowra.
- Aussie_salute wikiPageWikiLink Housefly.
- Aussie_salute wikiPageWikiLink Infection.
- Aussie_salute wikiPageWikiLink Insect_repellent.
- Aussie_salute wikiPageWikiLink Mucus.
- Aussie_salute wikiPageWikiLink Musca_vetustissima.
- Aussie_salute wikiPageWikiLink Perspiration.
- Aussie_salute wikiPageWikiLink Saliva.
- Aussie_salute wikiPageWikiLink Swarm_behaviour.
- Aussie_salute wikiPageWikiLink Trachoma.
- Aussie_salute wikiPageWikiLink File:Aussiesalut.jpg.
- Aussie_salute wikiPageWikiLinkText "Aussie salute".
- Aussie_salute wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Australia-stub.
- Aussie_salute wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Gestures.
- Aussie_salute wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Aussie_salute subject Category:Australian_slang.
- Aussie_salute type Redirect.
- Aussie_salute comment "The Aussie salute, also known as the Barcoo salute (after the Barcoo River) or Bush salute is the waving of one's hand in front of the face at regular intervals in order to prevent bush flies from landing on it, or entering one's nose or mouth. Pianka characterizes it as a gesture that is \"diagnostic of Australia\".".
- Aussie_salute label "Aussie salute".
- Aussie_salute sameAs Q4822830.
- Aussie_salute sameAs m.09ry55.
- Aussie_salute sameAs Q4822830.
- Aussie_salute wasDerivedFrom Aussie_salute?oldid=702617991.
- Aussie_salute depiction Aussiesalut.jpg.
- Aussie_salute isPrimaryTopicOf Aussie_salute.