Not only does the marri eucalypt honkeynut seem made for noolyarak the white tailed black cockatoo, but it is even more specific. It is made for the beak of noolyarak. But more specific still. Of the two species of the large black bird, only one has a long beak made specifically for marri and karri nuts. The other—with shorter beak—can eat many things. Both are endangered.

A very specific meeting of one species—one part of the high sky above—with its very specific beak; one part of heaven coming down and connecting with one very specific part of earth below. Baudin’s Noolyarak and the Marri honkeynut. No generalities. No abstractions allowed.