dingo
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"Pre-mortem dingo bite marks are not likely to have caused immediate death," said a spokesperson for the Coroners Court of Queensland.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
Piper James, 19, had "physical evidence consistent with drowning" and "injuries consistent with dingo bites", a spokesperson for the Coroners Court of Queensland told BBC news.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026
Altadena was where people raised chickens before it was trendy, where no one batted an eye at the neighbors with a pet dingo, or thought much about the so-called haunted road said to defy gravity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026
It's said that a dog is a man's best friend, but the wild dingo is much maligned in Australia.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2023
There is no evidence of any new technology or introduction reaching Australia from Indonesia, after Australia’s initial colonization 40,000 years ago, until the dingo appeared around 1500 B.C.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Wildlife managers, rangers, Indigenous people and tourism operators need to work together so that humans and dingoes can coexist on the island, he said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
About 200 dingoes live on World Heritage-listed K'Gari, according to the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026
They’re threatened by conflict with humans, dogs and dingoes and a disease called Devil Facial Tumor Disease that only affects the species.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025
The burials weren't the only sign that Australia's First Peoples domesticated wild dingoes, however, with severely worn teeth found at the site suggesting a diet heavy in large bones, likely from scraps from human meals.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2023
When he announced to his companion that there were dingoes about, and that they had carried Jock off, the other man only grunted wearily, and turned over on his side.
From Finn The Wolfhound by Robert Hugh Buxton
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