Dingo

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Dingo

• By Olivia

http//australian-animals.net/
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• Have you ever thought about having a dingo as a
  pet, well some people do today! I dont think I
  would want one as a pet, dingoes are wild dogs!

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Physical Characteristics

• The dingo has a short hair coat usually but if
  it lives in cold weather it it has a long coat of
  hair.The dingo has sort of a reddish ginger hair
  color, and a bushy tail. The dingo is about the
  size of a regular size dog. Dingoes have very
  strong claws and pointy ears. Just if you want to
  know dingoes are about 50 centimeters tall and
  120 centimeters long.

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Habitat

• The dingo is found in all states of Australia
  except Tasmania! Dingoes usually live close to
  some source of water. A dingo lives alone or in
  groups.

http//australian-animals.net/
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Feeding

• Dingoes are carnivores which means they are
  meat eating animals. Dingoes prefer mammals.
  Dingoes try to go after small food such as
  rabbits, rodents, birds, and lizards. If they
  have to dingoes will eat fruits and plants as
  well. Over 170 types of animals have been
  recorded in the dingoes diet, from insects to
  buffaloes.

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History

• Dingoes were brought to Australia at least
  15,000 years ago by Aborigine people. The dingo
  maybe related to semi wild dogs found throughout
  South East Asia.

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Fun Facts

• Dingoes only breed once a year.
• Both parents raise the pups.
• Life span for wild dingoes 10 years
• Life span for a pet dingo 13-18 years
• Scientific name Canis familiars dingo
• Zoo diet dry dog food
• A dingo can turn its head through almost 180
  degrees, in each direction.

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Fun Facts

• Dingoes also live in Thailand and South East
  Asia.
• Australian dingoes are larger than Asian dingoes.
• Plural dingoes not dingos
• Dingoes mate in autumn.
• Dingoes weigh about 50-70 pounds.
• Dingoes can live over 20 years of age.

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• While learning about the dingo I learned a
  lot, here are a few things I learned. The dingo
  was not native to Australia they were brought to
  Australia by Aborigine people. Also while
  listening to some of my classmates talking about
  their animal I found out that the dingo was
  hunting animals like the Tasmanian Devil as well
  as the Tasmanian Tiger. Since the dingo was
  hunting them, and obviously they didnt like it
  so they both swam over to Tasmania. So thats it
  and I hope you enjoyed my PowerPoint about the
  dingo.

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo
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Sources

• http//australian-animals.net/
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo
  http.com/dingo-facts.html
• http//www.dingo.livingin-australia.com/dingo-
  facts.html

http//www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/dingo.htm