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dingo

[ding-goh] / ˈdɪŋ goʊ /




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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

In a statement to the BBC, the coroner also said there were "extensive post-mortem dingo bite marks" and that no evidence anyone else was involved.

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

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

To Aboriginal Australia, isolated from Eurasia by the water barriers of the Indonesian Archipelago, Eurasia’s sole proven contribution was the dingo.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

Six of the dingoes had already been euthanised, the state's environment minister, Andrew Powell, told reporters Sunday.

From Barron's Jan. 28, 2026

A Canadian backpacker, who was found dead on an Australian beach and surrounded by a pack of dingoes earlier this week, likely died of drowning, an autopsy has found.

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 Wolfhound had caught his first glimpse of the two lesser dingoes as he reached the far side of the clear patch, and, for an instant he had stood still.

From Finn The Wolfhound by Robert Hugh Buxton




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