Show dingo dog of australia Is I 1 puzzle to biologists the australian dingo has proved something of a mystery to biologists writes frederic J haskin in the washington star the dog is a s stoutly t out built somewhat short legged legged animal averaging 50 inches over all including 11 inches of tail it is dun colored as a rule although some have black spots which it is claimed have arisen from inter breeding with imported european dogs the stance is graceful not unlike that of a greyhound and the triangular ears and the pointed nose give an impression of keenness the animal is fleet and a mighty hunter it likes mankind but is quite lacking it would appear in the undying faithfulness of most dogs it is not at all unusual for a dingo to shift its allegiance for example a visitor may come to a camp to which a dingo has been attached for months even years the dog will decide it likes the visitor better than its master and follow him off the dingo as a rule does not hunt in packs but singly the rat is the usual prey however since the introduction of sheep and the establishment of the great sheep stations the dingoes dingies have preyed unmercifully upon the creatures A sheep station in the united states would be called a sheep ranch australia has its own nomenclature thus where americans refer to a flock of sheep australians call it a mob of sheep A single dingo has been known to pull down sheep in a single night |