What I see in my backyard...
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AdmiralAdama
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leelai said:We have all the 3 major groups of mammals here.....I think we are the only country that does, New Guinea too maybe....although my memory isn't what it once was.
No squirrels though Sci!
Weren't the first placental mammals introduced to Australia the dingos brought there by the first humans when they arrived.
zstairlessone
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This is what I wish I could see from my backyard. One- he's amazing (an all time favorite player)
Two- he lives down under
Three - he lets the neighbors dog sing along
Two- he lives down under
Three - he lets the neighbors dog sing along
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zstairlessone
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leelai said:That one's beyond me.
Dingos are gorgeous animals though
Is it possible to domesticate them? (or like wolves over here considered illegal)
We have all the 3 major groups of mammals here.....I think we are the only country that does, New Guinea too maybe....although my memory isn't what it once was.
No squirrels though Sci!
South America has some marsupials. No monotremes though.
That's interesting. I assumed dingoes had been kicking around forever in Australia. By implication, I must have assumed that they were marsupial.
Here's the real deal, courtesy of Wikipedia. They are native to Thailand, and were introduced to Australia by humans, though not Europeans. They were already established by the time of European colonization.
They are today an "at risk" species, because they are capable of interbreeding with domestic dogs. True dingoes are therefore being marginalized by hybrids and feral domesticated dogs.
There is some proof here that they are a very close cousin of the domestic dog, and therefore descended from wolves. If they were not, they would be incapable of interbreeding.
Here's the real deal, courtesy of Wikipedia. They are native to Thailand, and were introduced to Australia by humans, though not Europeans. They were already established by the time of European colonization.
They are today an "at risk" species, because they are capable of interbreeding with domestic dogs. True dingoes are therefore being marginalized by hybrids and feral domesticated dogs.
There is some proof here that they are a very close cousin of the domestic dog, and therefore descended from wolves. If they were not, they would be incapable of interbreeding.
zstairlessone said:
I know of some people up north who do have them as pets......I'm talking country folk here as dingos are illegal to keep as pets. They are a wild animal and I really don't know if you can truly domesticate them. I don't think I would ever really trust them, especially with children.
KevinJS said:
Very interesting! Most here consider dingos native to Australia....well they've been here at least 4000 years according to Australian Geographic.....they also say they originated from China, 18,000 years ago. Can't believe they can measure time like this.
I've been to Fraser Island which does have its own population of dingos.....but with tourism ever on the grow, dingos are now being threatened. People shouldn't feed them or ever wander off alone in case they should ever come across one. They have been known to attack children and when this happens they are hunted and put down.
We had a very famous case here quite a number of years ago where a dingo was said to have taken a baby......you may recall the movie with Meryl Streep.
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