How dangerous are Australia's dingoes, really? | How Deadly

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[ABCScience]

👋 A clarification on 00:55 - Wild dingoes and your pet ‘blue heeler’ are different – particularly in behaviour – but their genetics are much closer than we indicate here. Since European contact dingoes have crossbred with other dog breeds to form hybrids and some historical reports suggests the Aussie blue heeler might actually be one of them.

If we take a look at the dingo ‘family tree’, genomic studies have revealed their origins can be traced to ancient breeds of domesticated dogs in Asia. They are much closer to domestic dogs than wolves genetically speaking. But as they’re largely free-living animals, don’t expect dingoes to behave like your typical canine companion.

[LittleStar]

There is a case where dingos actually did carry off a baby. The mom insisted that dingos took her baby but law enforcement accused her instead. The mom was convicted, served prison time and afterward a hiker discovered a baby blanket in a dingo den. It matched the missing baby's blanket. Further investigation showed that dingos had taken the baby.

[NWednesdayQuansah]

I always thought the dingo eating a baby thing was an urban legend, but apparently a dingo really did eat a baby. And then the parents were wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for murder. That's heartbreaking! I mean, it's not the dingo's fault. They were camping in a remote area. It's not the parent's fault either, though. I mean, who would expect that to ever happen? Apparently, the dingo went inside the tent and got the baby. Damn, that's tragic. :( If a wild animal ate my baby and then I was wrongfully imprisoned, I would have a whole entire nervous breakdown.

[BostonGhost]

I had a dingo in the 90s his name was stub (his old owner cut his tail off and he had a stub....so stub)
He was the most protective/smartest dog I've ever had....when my brother was a toddler there was 2 dogs on the other side of the fence in the neighbors yard and he nudged my little brother away from the other dogs and would walk with him to make sure he didn't get too close to the fence....


I love dingos
Rest in peace Stub

[denisp.]

"They're nowhere near as deadly as bad acting" 😁 Dr Ann definitely needs her tv show

[salaltschul]

That dingo opening the gate reminds me of our last dog, Rocky, who was -- we were told -- a GSD x Kelpie, but he had the same colouring and similar shape as a dingo. He'd open our back sliding door with no real difficulties...he'd hop up on his back legs, lift the lock with his nose, and then use his snout to push the heavy door across. It was very handy because we didn't have to get up and let him out all the time but it would also get annoying, especially in winter, lol.

[andrewmunz]

i got in to a fight with a man in thailand. I confiscated a pup that was being used as bait. i gave the pup to my 4yo daughter, he would protect my daughter and my cat with his life! He was very different to domesticated dogs but so was the cat that would go into the water to catch fish like big fish

[kristinairmer]

Best narrator! So funny and at the same time educational...thanks all the way from Denmark 😎🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰💥

[MadailinBurnhope]

it's always fascinating to me, that wolves are famous for howling, but they aren't the only wild canine that howls

[garynaccarato]

I would probably say that a dingo is sort of roughly the size of something like a coyote and while it's not they're not that dangerous by themselves because of there limited size they can be sometimes be aggressive and they do attack in packs they are not something which actually kills a lot of people.A common domestic dog particularly if its fairly large is definitely far more likely to kill somebody then what dingos are.

[Kemmeshawalther]

You are a very Intelligent and Timely Journalist❤❤❤❤👍

[wookie-zhgo]

Prehistoric man sees curious wild dog: Heeey buddy
Modern man: Oh my god a savage beast

[mmedefarge]

My first dog was a Dingo-Spitz hybrid. A friend of the family was a captain of a freighter. He took her on board the ship with him but it didn't work out. We adopted her but NYC was no place for a Dingo mix. Skippy was always high-strung and very protective of the family, but aggressive with everyone else. Skip really behaved more Dingo-like than dog. She wound up biting too many visitors and had to be euthanized at age 10. Poor Skippy, she should have never been taken from her true home. She would have been much better served if she'd be allowed to stay in the Outback.

[Stimy]

My cats ears all perked up at the Dingo howling. I'm not so sure they accept apologies though, they are cats after all.

[DanDownunda]

Thanks Anne, looking forward to the docco tonight!

[JDRoss]

Dr Jones cracks me up with her reactions.

[sandata]

man.. when i was 14 we went bushwalking for our health class and there were dingo howls all around at night. we kept being told they were far off but it was still so scary to hear!!

[coreyklassic]

I have a pet dingo, and she is a timid baby who loves other animals and people, trained her to lay down for belly rubs, they are so intelligent

[dougcrowhurst]

Hi Dr Ann love the content how about the cassowary they are dangerous. I live in Tasmania how about some content from here please.

[mrsmacca]

Hi, Dr. Ann!! I am happily binge-watching all of your videos!!!! Love yer guts!!💗❤️💕