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dingo

[ding-goh] / ˈdɪŋ goʊ /




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Earlier investigations had found "extensive post-mortem dingo bite marks" and that it was "not likely" that pre-mortem dingo bites had caused "immediate death".

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026

"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

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

The researchers examined remains at the Curracurrang archaeological site, south of Sydney, where radiocarbon dating of dingo bones revealed the animals were buried alongside humans as far back as 2,000 years ago.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2023

Jane and Michael had a good view of what was happening, through a gap between a panther and a dingo.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers

The remains came from both native and introduced animals, including cows, kangaroos, emus, sheep, pigs, dingoes, rabbits, possums, quolls and swamp rats.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

The traditional owners of K'gari, the Butchulla people, said the state's failure to consult with them before euthanising the dingoes -- or wongari in their language -- was "unexpected and disappointing".

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

The area is known for its population of dingoes, a wild species of native dog that is protected in Queensland national parks.

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

Well she knew that even three such well-grown dingoes as these would never have dared to attack her if she had been in normal condition.

From Finn The Wolfhound by Robert Hugh Buxton


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