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Dingo

Also sometimes referred to as the native dog, the dingo is believed to have been brought in by people around 7000 years ago and has also been blamed for the decline of the Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger on mainland Australia.
Scientists have warned that the dingo will be extinct within 50 years. Using DNA analysis of the animals, researchers have discovered that crossbreeding with domestic dogs is wiping out the pure dingo line. 80 per cent of all wild dingoes in eastern Australia have become hybrids through "introgression", the flow of genes from one population into another.

Some dingo attacks have made the news headlines over the years by dragging Azaria out of her tent at Ayers Rock that was never seen again, and killing a young boy on Fraser Island. This last one cost them dearly as National Park Rangers then picked up their guns and shot several of the cheekiest dingos.

Dinky, the singing and piano playing dingo, lives at Stuart’s Well Roadhouse, also known as Jim’s Place, 100 km south of Alice Springs on the Stuart Highway. Whenever the piano is played at Jim's place, Dinkie jumps up on the piano, plays some four pawed notes and howls along with the tune.
Dinky has also been added to the Australian version of Trivial Pursuit so remember this paragraph, it might save you when you're playing this game with your Australian hosts.


Dinky singing along to Ashleigh's piano tunes	Dinky hitting a high note during his performance

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Dinky singing along to Ashleigh's piano tunes

Dinky hitting a high note during his performance