dingo 'superpack' forms on island

Published on August 30, 2004 By mignuna In Pets & Nature

Alex Murdoch - News.com.au

DINGOES have formed a superpack on the same south-east Queensland island where a young boy was mauled to death three years ago, a dingo expert said today.

University of Queensland researcher Nick Baker said the dingoes of Fraser Island appeared to have developed a tolerance for each other which was uncharacteristic of their breed.

He said dingoes traditionally lived and hunted in small territorial packs which would defend their food and territory to the death against invasion, especially from other packs.

"But here the whole island is like one big pack, with the smaller groups working together," Mr Baker told AAP.

On April 30, 2001, nine-year-old Clinton Gage of Brisbane was mauled to death by dingoes while his seven-year-old brother was injured as they returned to their family's Fraser Island campsite.

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chiprj

on Aug 30, 2004

I remember you laughing at my reference to gopher issues a while back. Something about gophers being funny to you. Well, I gotta tell you, dingo is like that to me. I giggle just typing the word and I have a grin from ear to ear right now as I think about it. Dingo! Dingo! DINGO!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Sorry, I got nothing really on topic to offer here... oh, except..... DINGO!!!!

Texas Wahine

on Aug 30, 2004

I don't know what to say . . . this is very interesting . . . and although it probably shouldn't be . . . funny (

) . . . sorry, but I have to go with chiprj on the BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! You are the queen of interesting facts, mig!

mignuna

on Aug 31, 2004

Something about gophers being funny to you

yessssss, chip !. gophers = funny ! gophers ! bwaaaaaaa haaaaaaa !

Dingo! Dingo! DINGO!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

hey chip ..... "DINGO" !!!!

Sorry, I got nothing really on topic to offer here... oh, except..... DINGO!!!!

that was on topic, chip. i liked it.

and although it probably shouldn't be . . . funny

it's ok, texas wahine. it does sound funny. like 'superdogs' hehe

You are the queen of interesting facts, mig!

why thankyou, ma'am !. you are too kind !

vanessa/mig XX

historyishere

on Aug 31, 2004

"A Dingo ate your baby".

Best Seinfeld double sub-reference ever!

Spc Nobody Special

on Aug 31, 2004

gophers = funny !

only the dead ones, live gophers = extreme suckage

SSG Geezer

on Aug 31, 2004

History~ I knew that someone would throw that line out there...And now I can't think of a comeback.
How about Badgers?

Texas Wahine

on Aug 31, 2004

Man I hate getting badgered by badgers!

I'm a dork . . . I'm OK with it . . .

mignuna

on Aug 31, 2004

"A Dingo ate your baby".Best Seinfeld double sub-reference ever!

it is, historyishere. well done !

live gophers = extreme suckage

bwaaaaa haaaaaaa. why, spc nobody special ?. what makes them so bad ? hehe (gophers ! bwaaaa haaaaa).

How about Badgers?

badgers ?. now THAT is funny. i'm not even 100% certain what a badger is !

Man I hate getting badgered by badgers!

are you badgered by badgers, texas wahine ?. how awful. i imagine it must be a badgering experience bwaaa haaaa !

i have another one. platypus.

and beaver. i shouldn't laugh at beaver. it's my friends' surname. but i will anyway.

beaver ! bwaaaaa haaaaaa

vanessa/mig XX

historyishere

on Aug 31, 2004

My comeback/reference to Badgers

Be Afraid... be very afraid!

mignuna

on Aug 31, 2004

My comeback/reference to Badgers

oh thankyou, history is here. for the link, and for saying "badgers" again ! bwaaaaa haaaaa.

ps: i just posted this pic in another blog, but i thought i should copy it here, as i think dingoes are beautiful animals, and this is a very cute sign:

vanessa/mig XX

historyishere

on Aug 31, 2004

I wonder if they make Cougar on Board signs as well.

mignuna

on Aug 31, 2004

I wonder if they make Cougar on Board signs as well.

well historyishere, not quite ...

vanessa/mig XX

historyishere

on Aug 31, 2004

Not the kind of cougar I mean

mignuna

on Sep 02, 2004

Not the kind of cougar I mean

huh ?. what other kind is there ? pardon my naive australianism

vanessa/mig XX

historyishere

on Sep 02, 2004

From the Urban Dictionary.

A 35+ year old female who is on the "hunt" for a much younger, energetic, willing-to-do-anything male. The cougar can frequently be seen in a padded bra, cleavage exposed, propped up against a swanky bar waiting, watching, calculating; gearing up to sink her claws into an innocent young and strapping buck who happens to cross her path. "Man is cougar's number one prey."

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