The Australian Dingo.
Dingoes are located in Australia and in Southeast Asia; mainly in Thailand. The Australian dingoes are larger than the Asian dingoes with the males weighing between 26-43 lbs (12-20 kgs) and the females weigh between 21-35 lbs.
The noise dingoes makes is classified as a howl rather than a bark as in other dogs. They can rotate their wrists which enables them to use their paws like hands and turn door knobs. Dingoes can turn their heads in both directions at 180 degrees and their ears are permanently upright.
Their colours range from ginger, sandy to dark brown with some having white patches on their chests. Dingoes have much larger canine teeth than other dogs and their diet consists of small lizards, birds, rodents sheep and even kangaroos. They often scavenge carrion also. Australian dingoes mate in autumn and breed once a year.
Their gestation period is two months and their litters range from one to ten pups at a time, but the average is generally about five to six. It is known that female dingoes can kill any pups born to other females within a dingo pack but pack members will assist in caring for pups from a dominant dingo pair. Young pups are weaned at eight weeks of age onto solid food which constitutes of regurgitated food.
In the wild, dingoes can live up to ten years, but the average is five to six years. When cared for by humans, they can live up to 15 years or more. Trying to domesticate dingoes is a difficult task. Although they are intelligent animals, they are much harder to train than other dogs. The number of pure breed dingoes is reducing significantly as a result of mating with feral domestic dogs. The purest dingoes genetically, live on Fraser Island in Queensland and according to research at Sydney’s University of New South Wales, there are indications that dingoes may be the world’s oldest breed of dog.
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Thanks for this article! I never knew that dingos also live in Thailand and can rotate their wrists! The diversity of animals in nature is truly amazing!
Thanks very much @thekittygirl I didn't know these facts either until I did the research for this blog. I agree with you about the diversity of animals in nature. I continue to be amazed by the it.
He looks just like a nice doggy. If I see him outside I would not know he is a dingo, lol. This is very interesting reading and beautiful photography Trudee 😊
Thanks Lena for your comments. They look pretty benign but in fact they can be like a wolf in sheeps clothing. Very unpredictable.
Oh, I have no doubt Trudee, lol. Always a pleasure my Dear 🌸💖🌸
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Howdy there trudeehunter! This is such an interesting post! I've wondered about these dogs and why I never hear about them, there must not be very many people who try to tame them. I think they're a sharp looking little dog.
Hi @janton thanks for your visit. I am not aware of anyone successfully training these animals and even if they did, I don't think I would trust them.
howdy there trudeehunter! Thanks for the information and I agree, I wouldn't trust them either!
My pleasure @janton Good to catch up.
Very nice photos! I would guess that training them is much like training a wolf, or rather not training them?
Here in Minnesota, they've actually had a very strange 3-way cross breeding issue. Apparently wolves and cyotes can't hybridize, but they've managed to do so using dogs as an intermediary.
Thanks for your comments, I would feel nervous having one living in our neighbourhood. They are so unpredictable.