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Dingo or Warrigal |
In the wild, the dingo does not bark, although it can make yelping and howling sounds, and often learns to imitate domestic dogs.
Its appearance is very much like that of any yellow haired mongrel and it is about the size of a small collie, with a rather short yellowish brown hair. Dingo puppies are quite as cute and appealing as the puppies of domestic dogs. Nevertheless, they are wild and may be dangerous when they grow up.
The dingo is not common now because it has been severely hunted. It has a very bad habit of killing sheep, often destroying far more than it eats, and it is destructive to poultry too.
The Australian bushman sometimes used game dingos as hunting dogs, but it is not very good for is apt to run away. The natives say when a dingo gets tired of hunting it stops and refuses to go any further – so the owner has to pick it up and carry it home on his shoulder!
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