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[–] [email protected] 106 points 11 months ago (13 children)

Hot take (I'll accept my downward facing arrows, thank you), but people regularly vastly overestimate the safety and docility of "regular" dogs too

[–] Woht24 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You're absolutely correct. Any dog over about 10kg has the power to cause serious injury, especially to a child or other dog/pet. Greyhounds have a horrendous prey drive and will eat your cat in 2 seconds flat

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[–] slazer2au 90 points 11 months ago (5 children)

If they don't kill you, they may steal your baby.

[–] [email protected] 113 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)

And the media and courts will ruin the next 20 years of your life as we harass you over your dead baby.

Meanwhile dipshits on the Internet laugh about your dead baby 30 years later.

[–] mean_bean279 45 points 11 months ago (12 children)

Have you ever considered people make the joke because of Seinfeld and no inherent knowledge of the actual situation that took place in Australia?

[–] CallMeButtLove 33 points 11 months ago (6 children)

I came to the comments expecting Seinfeld references and am only just now learning it was a real thing.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Decades later authorities determined a dingo really ate the baby

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[–] Something_Complex 12 points 11 months ago

40 years :( sorry

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[–] SzethFriendOfNimi 55 points 11 months ago

And then you’re vilified only to be proven right. What a horrific thing that poor family went through

[–] givesomefucks 33 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You know that's a true story, right?

Lady lost a kid.

Tropic Thunder may have taught me that, but I'll never not picture RDJ disguised as a dude playing another dude when I hear it.

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 11 months ago (8 children)

This is actually something being debated in Australia. Until a few years ago, Dingoes were considered the same species as the regular dog Canis familiaris. Recent DNA studies have shown them to be distinct, however. So now there's Canis dingo. Only, Dingoes can interbreed with the regular dog, which normally is the test for them being the same species. Maybe that makes them a subspecies?

So, yeah - even we don't know what they are. If they were raised by humans, they are happy friendly doggos. If in the wild, then they're dingoes.

[–] luves2spooge 29 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)

It depends if their progeny can reproduce. A male donkey and a female horse can make a mule but mules are sterile.

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[–] WhiteOakBayou 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Canis Lupus and Canis Latrans also can and do breed with Canis Familiaris. The ability to interbreed is one test for being the same species but not the only test. Libraries worth of books are out there on the subject and there are lively debate as to where animals fit in the taxonomy.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 11 months ago

B...but...if not friends why friendshaped??????

[–] FlyingSquid 47 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Don't go to Tasmania either.

Look at this cute guy!

I want to hold him and pet him and love him and- OH FUCK!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That thing looks like a devil.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

Aww, he's yawning 😍

[–] pete_the_cat 11 points 11 months ago

incomprehensible noises and spitting intensify

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[–] Chickenstalker 45 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Do you pet random dogs on the street? No? Then you won't have any problems with Dingoes. Drop Bears on the other hand...

[–] angrystego 34 points 11 months ago (5 children)

There are countries where all dogs have owners (mostly on the other side of the leach) and you are always supposed to ask the owners before you pet them.

And then there are countries blessed with really cute street dogs that tend to turn tummy up when you're passing them. You're supposed to pet those randomly.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (11 children)

Fuck. A drop bear killed my uncle. Horrible creatures.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes? Mostly if they'll let me. You don't?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago (2 children)

One of my saddest days was waiting to cross a road and a car stopped Infront of me with it's passenger window open and a big Labrador hopped up and was face to face with me.

I excitedly asked the owner if I could pet the dog, as it was literally delivered to my face and she said no like it was a weird request. Thats stuck with me for half a decade already.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

I'm sorry for your loss. I will henceforth pet random dogs more often in your honour.

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[–] Iusedtobeanadventurer 12 points 11 months ago

What? Of course I pet random dogs on the street. You don't?

I mean, I ask first, if they're with a human.. if not, well...

[–] Reasonable_Guy 33 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Holy shit, that looks so much like my Shiba

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago (11 children)

Any wild creature bigger than a rat is an animal you should be cautious of. I mean, I wouldn't pet a wild rat, either, but I'm also not afraid one will attack and kill me.

Wild dog packs roam lots of countries in south-east Asia. Don't fucking go near them. They will try to seperate you from other humans and take you down for a snack.

So weird though when you see, like, a golden retriever in their ranks. The urge to go pet them is too strong. I did a lot of catching myself walking towards them when I was in thailand.

[–] Woht24 24 points 11 months ago

The first half of your comment was good and then it devolved into nonsense. Thai street dogs don't eat people, the amount of fucking rubbish strewn everywhere keeps them fed.

Now will they bite you? Of course, it's a dog.

[–] Sylvartas 16 points 11 months ago

Even a rat bite can have extremely nasty side effects

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[–] kaffiene 25 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Everything in Australia can kill you

[–] z00s 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Exhibit A: one of our children's TV presenters

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[–] Sorgan71 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I had a dingo. RIP Lucy girl

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[–] lemmy_get_my_coat 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm scared. If it can fool Andy Warhol it can fool me.

[–] WhiteOakBayou 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)

I had to look up if Warhol was killed by dingoes. For the also curious, he was not.

[–] lemmy_get_my_coat 29 points 11 months ago

I'd heard that one day he almost walked into a room full of them. But it turns out he dingo in there.

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[–] SendMePhotos 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Maybe these are those skinwalkers my Australian friend talks about...

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

Why friend shape if not friend?

[–] MargotRobbie 13 points 11 months ago (3 children)

On the Internet, nobody knows you're a friendly dingo!

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[–] roofuskit 12 points 11 months ago (5 children)

My dog is actually descended from dingos. Part of their breed.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

That shit's dingo.

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