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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 184105, member: 55"]Some palms have spiky fronds that look like gar-bills; I imagine that is what these are. Or more precisely, the stem of each frond is sturdy and woody, with gar-bill like spikes.</p><p>So we see here the stems of the fronds used as legs, and parts of the fronds themselves as decorative elements.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]51652[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 184105, member: 55"]Some palms have spiky fronds that look like gar-bills; I imagine that is what these are. Or more precisely, the stem of each frond is sturdy and woody, with gar-bill like spikes. So we see here the stems of the fronds used as legs, and parts of the fronds themselves as decorative elements. [ATTACH=full]51652[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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