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by Fun on July 23rd, 2007

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Do dingos really eat babies?

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  • by Stupid Motheryiffer on October 26th, 2007

    Stupid Motheryiffer

    they don't usually swing that way...the Big Bad Wolf on the other hand...

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  • by Xtreme2252 on August 15th, 2007

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    they don't eat junk food

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  • by PrettyPirate on July 23rd, 2007

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    Dingoes are wild animals, therefore, it is highly likely that they will eat just about anything that they can find. They will not differentiate between human flesh and the flesh of something else - food is food. Animals do not have the capability of making such choices, therefore it is appalling that they should be punished as if they can.

    It was tragic that Lindy Chamberlain lost her child to a wild Dingo, absolutely. But the sooner humans realize that in the wild, they are not afforded the same grace and priviledges as they are when amongst other humans, the better, in my opinion. But, I'm a Greenie, so there you go.

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  • by The King of Awesome on July 23rd, 2007

    The King of Awesome

    im not sure if im a dingo or not, but if i am, then yes

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  • by Nelson - Jetpacking from bed on July 23rd, 2007

    Nelson - Jetpacking from bed

    Fire Safety?

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  • by QueenDistructo on July 23rd, 2007

    QueenDistructo

    Mine did... it was mighty embarrassing...

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  • by Kenna on March 17th, 2008

    Kenna

    They totally would if they got the chance.

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  • by iwnit on July 23rd, 2007

    iwnit

    1) "Dingoes have received bad publicity in recent years as a result of the highly publicised Azaria Chamberlain disappearance and also because of dingo attacks on Fraser Island in Queensland. In 2001 around 200 dingoes lived on the island, and 20 people were attacked in the preceding six years.

    In April 2001 a nine-year-old child was killed in one such attack near Waddy Point on Fraser Island. This led to a cull of the animals which were actually protected by law. The owners of the island, the Ngulungbara people, fought the cull through a legal injunction. In all, 65 dingoes were eventually killed.

    In 2004 more legal battles began after a dingo entered a bedroom in Kingfisher Bay resort where two young children were present. More recently in September 2006 a dingo was shot dead by Parks and Wildlife rangers after it attacked a four-year-old child who had been playing in shallow water near Eurong on the island."
    Source and further information:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo


    2) "Nine-week-old Australian baby Azaria Chamberlain disappeared on the night of 17 August 1980 on a camping trip with her family. Her parents, Lindy and Michael Chamberlain, reported that she had been taken from their tent by a dingo." "Subsequently, after a further investigation and second inquest, Azaria's mother, Lindy Chamberlain, was tried and convicted of her murder, on 29 October 1982 and sentenced to life imprisonment." "After all legal options had been exhausted, the chance discovery of a piece of Azaria's clothing in an area full of dingo lairs led to Lindy Chamberlain's release from prison, on "compassionate grounds." She was later exonerated of all charges. While the case is officially unsolved, the report of a dingo attack is generally accepted. Recent deadly dingo attacks in other areas of Australia have strengthened the case for the dingo theory."
    Source and further information:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azaria_Chamberlain_disappearance


    3) Here there are two points: killing and eating.
    I think dingos could kill people, just as dogs reportedly can do it (not necessarily attack dogs).
    It would depend on the circumstances and how it had been raised. But a dingo would not be much more dangerous than most dogs - and a dingo would not be less dangerous, either!
    As far as eating is concerned, any animal, such as a dog or a cat would probably eat dead people if they were hungry.
    I would not let small children or babies alone with such animals.


    4) Here some sites about animal safety for children:
    http://www.bernco.gov/live/departments.asp?dept=2328&submenuid=2856
    http://www.raisingkids.co.uk/saf/SAF_animal01.ASP
    http://www.petroglyphsnm.org/vettips/safety.html

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  • by mseve68 on July 23rd, 2007

    mseve68

    According to Meryl Streep they do!

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  • by Farino on July 23rd, 2007

    Farino

    "Azaria has become an icon of Australian mythology - or at least urban legend."
    http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/09/1089000350153.html

    Dingoes are scavengers and like any scavengers if they are hungry they will look for food. Dingoes aren't the only ones that'll do this, any wild animal will. It's just that dingoes have got a really bad reputation after the Chamberlain case.

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